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57-516: As of the 2011–12 school year the school had an enrollment of 1,032 students and around 80 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.33. Nauset is named after the Nauset people , a Native American tribe that lived on Cape Cod. Nauset High school serves students from the communities of Brewster , Orleans , Eastham , Wellfleet , Truro , and Provincetown . Nauset also offers an open enrollment program for students located in

114-663: A quit claim to their property, but the Province retained the title. The land was to be used as it had been from the beginning of the colony—a place for the making of fish. All resources, including the trees, could be used for that purpose. In 1893 the Massachusetts General Court changed the Town's charter, giving the townspeople deeds to the properties they held, while still reserving unoccupied areas. The population of Provincetown remained small through most of

171-563: A cache of maize, though they left a note (in English ) promising to pay for what they had stolen. The promise was eventually kept when the Nauset, led by Aspinet , returned months later. The Nauset also returned a small boy who had wandered away from the colony and become lost, an act which greatly improved relations with nearby colonists. In subsequent years, the Nauset became the colonists' closest allies. Most became Christianized and aided

228-601: A common tongue, the Massachusett language . The tribe was one of the first to be visited by European explorers and colonists , who abducted some tribal members to sell into slavery in Spain and introduced diseases which reduced the Nauset population even before colonization of New England began on a large scale. Samuel de Champlain describes contact with the Nauset people at Nauset Harbor in July of 1605. During this visit

285-547: A fishing and whaling center. The population was bolstered by numerous Portuguese sailors, many of whom were from the Azores , and settled in Provincetown after being hired to work on US ships. By the 1890s, Provincetown was booming and began to develop a resident population of writers and artists, as well as a summer tourist industry. After the 1898 Portland Gale severely damaged the town's fishing industry, members of

342-670: A maize flour with mortar and pestle which was then made into corn cakes. During the autumn, they hunted wild turkey using bows and arrows tipped with the spines of horseshoe crabs and fletched with turkey feathers. They also armed themselves with clubs and spears for defense. In the summer of 1605 when they were visited by Champlain , clothing consisted of leather loincloths for both men and women, at times grass or hemp dogbane tunics, and open-front skin wraps for women. Both genders decorated their skins with black, yellow, and red pigments, and plaited or twisted their hair, decorating it with shell beads. Men plucked their beards, and cut

399-625: A member of the French expedition and several native people were killed in a dispute over a metal kettle. The Pilgrims' first contact with the Nauset was during the Mayflower 's landing in November, 1620 near present-day Provincetown , when they discovered a deserted village, the Nauset being away at their winter hunting grounds. Desperately low on supplies, the Pilgrims helped themselves to

456-514: A significant gay population, especially during the summer tourist season, when restaurants, bars and small shops serving the tourist trade were open. There had been a gay presence in Provincetown as early as the start of the 20th century as the artists' colony developed, along with experimental theatre. Drag queens could be seen in performance as early as the 1940s in Provincetown. In 1978 the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG)

513-459: A summer population as high as 60,000. Often called "P-town" or "Ptown", the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches, harbor , artists and tourist industry. At the time of European encounter, the area was long settled by the historic Nauset tribe, who had a settlement known as "Meeshawn". They spoke Massachusett , a Southern New England Algonquian language dialect that they shared in common with their closely related neighbors,

570-605: A summer resident, is a major participant in the festival. In November 2011, the Provincetown Theater Company became the first theater company in New England to stage a live-action dramatic theatrical presentation of horror-fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft . The story was Lovecraft's 1919 classic, "The Picture in the House," and was described as "...the macabre come to life." The adaptation was produced for

627-507: A year. This did not slow down the town's economy, however. Provincetown's tourist season has expanded, and the town has created festivals and week-long events throughout the year. The most established are in the summer: the Portuguese Festival, Bear Week, and PBG's Carnival Week. In 2017, a memorial was dedicated to those who lost their lives to AIDS. For nearly all of Provincetown's recorded history, life has revolved around

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684-445: Is around 30 inches (76 cm). The average snowiest month is February, which corresponds to the annual peak in nor'easter activity. According to the U.S. census of 2010 , there were 2,942 people living in the town (down 14.3% since 2000). The population density was 304.2 inhabitants per square mile (117.5/km ). There were 4,494 housing units (up 15.5%) at an average density of 464.7 per square mile (179.4/km ). The racial makeup of

741-654: Is considered the oldest gay bar in the US and Frommer's calls it "the nation's premier gay bar". Provincetown is the setting for the annual Women's Week festival. Held in mid-October since 1984 and attended by almost 2,000 women, it is the "longest running lesbian cultural event in the Northeast". Since 1975, Provincetown has been the host city to Fantasia Fair, the world's first and longest-running annual conference that focuses on gender diversity and transgender issues. The Provincetown International Film Festival , honors

798-411: Is located at the very tip of Cape Cod , encompassing a total area of 17.5 square miles (45 km ) − 55% of that, or 9.7 sq mi (25 km ), is land area, and the remaining 7.8 sq mi (20 km ) water area. Surrounded by water in every direction except due east, the town has 21.3 miles (34.3 km) of coastal shoreline. Provincetown is bordered to the east by its only neighbor,

855-661: The Cape Cod Indians , were a Native American tribe who lived in Cape Cod , Massachusetts . They lived east of Bass River and lands occupied by their closely related neighbors, the Wampanoag . Although the Nauset were a distinct tribe from the Wampanoag , they often deferred to the authority of the Wampanoag chief sachem , and shared with the Wampanoag many similar aspects of culture, agricultural practices, and

912-413: The Wampanoag . On May 15, 1602, having made landfall from the west and believing it to be an island, Bartholomew Gosnold initially named this area "Shoal Hope". Later that day, after catching a "great store of codfish", he chose instead to name this outermost tip of land "Cape Cod". Notably, that name referred specifically to the area of modern-day Provincetown; it wasn't until much later that that name

969-705: The 18th century. The town was affected by the American Revolution the same way most of Cape Cod was: the effective British blockade shut down most fish production and shipping and the town dwindled. It was, by happenstance, the location of the wreck of British warship HMS  Somerset at the Peaked Hill Bars off the Atlantic Coast of Provincetown in 1778. Following the American Revolution, Provincetown grew rapidly as

1026-460: The 22nd Fall Playwright's Festival. Veterans Memorial Community Center serves as the area community center. By 2012, Veterans Memorial Elementary School closed and was being refurbished to become a community center. In 2014, the town government considered building a second floor on the facility to add affordable housing. Provincetown is governed, like most New England towns, by the open town meeting form of government. The citizens, gathered in

1083-627: The Province Lands was in 1714, with an Act that declared it the "Precinct of Cape Cod", annexed under control of Truro. On June 14, 1727, after harboring ships for more than a century, the Precinct of Cape Cod was incorporated as a township. The name chosen by its inhabitants was "Herringtown", which was rejected by the Massachusetts General Court in favor of "Provincetown". The act of incorporation provided that inhabitants of Provincetown could be landholders, but not landowners. They received

1140-543: The Sun Gallery was run by Yvonne Andersen and Dominic Falcone. It was an art exhibition that took place during the summer where young and up and coming artists could show their work. The Fine Arts Work Center is a nonprofit educational enterprise, located in Provincetown since 1968. Its stated mission is to encourage the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers through residency programs, to propagate aesthetic values and experience, and to restore

1197-565: The USDA considered Provincetown's residents in the 2000s to still be rural and to still require such federal assistance In 2003, Provincetown received a $ 1.95 million low interest loan from the Rural Development program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help rebuild the town's MacMillan Pier . It primarily serves the town's active fishing fleet, and also tourists and high-speed ferries. The Atlantic House in Provincetown

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1254-400: The age of 18 living within them, and 76.4% were non-families. The average household size was 1.64 persons/household, and the average family size was 2.55. The distribution of the population, broken down by age and gender, is shown in the population pyramid. In 2010, 6.8% of the population was under the age of 18, and the median age was 52.3. There were 1,602 males and 1,340 females. For 2011,

1311-516: The area of dunes and small ponds extending from Mount Ararat in the east to Race Point in the west, along the Massachusetts Bay shore. The Cape Cod Bay shoreline extends from Race Point to the far west, to Wood End in the south, eastward to Long Point , which in turn points inward towards the town, and provides a natural barrier for Provincetown Harbor. All three points are marked by lighthouses. The town's population center extends along

1368-736: The best along the coast. In 1654, the Governor of the Plymouth Colony purchased this land from the Chief of the Nausets, for a selling price of two brass kettles, six coats, 12 hoes, 12 axes, 12 knives and a box. That land, which spanned from East Harbor (now known as Pilgrim Lake)—near the present-day border between Provincetown and Truro —to Long Point , was kept for the benefit of Plymouth Colony, which began leasing fishing rights to roving fishermen. The collected fees were used to defray

1425-490: The best in independent and avant-garde film. Among the honorees for 2014 were actress Patricia Clarkson and director David Cronenberg . Previous honorees include Matt Dillon , Harmony Korine , Parker Posey , Roger Corman , Vera Farmiga , Darren Aronofsky , Quentin Tarantino , Jane Lynch , Gael García Bernal , Tilda Swinton , Kathleen Turner , Jim Jarmusch , Todd Haynes , Gus Van Sant , and John Waters . Waters,

1482-667: The census. In 1940, Catharine Sargent Huntington , Edwin Pettit, and Virginia Thoms founded the Provincetown Playhouse on the Wharf. The playhouse replaced an older structure that existed between 1915 and 1924. Huntington served as owner and manager of the playhouse until 1973. During her time as manager, a Eugene O'Neill drama was produced each summer season, and the theater hosted an O'Neill Festival in 1966, during which ten of his plays were produced. From 1955 to 1959,

1539-413: The cities by rail. The railroad was not the only late arrival to Provincetown. Even roads within the town were slow to be constructed: "There was then no road through the town. With no carts, carriages, wagons, horses or oxen, why a road? ... Here every man had a path from his house to his boat or vessel, and once launched, he was on the broad highway of nations without tax or toll. There were paths to

1596-645: The colonists as scouts and warriors against the Wampanoag during King Philip's War . Their numbers, always small, were further reduced. They intermarried with neighboring tribes and settlers after King Philip's War. Living along the Atlantic Ocean , the Nauset relied heavily on seafood, but also impressed European explorers with the productivity of their swidden agriculture based on the " three sisters " of maize, beans, squash, as well as Jerusalem artichokes , tobacco and silviculture of mast trees. They consumed maize boiled whole in earthen pots, or prepared

1653-625: The costs of schools and other projects throughout the colony. In 1678, the fishing grounds were opened up to allow the inclusion of fishermen from the Massachusetts Bay Colony . In 1692, a new Royal Charter combined the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies into the Province of Massachusetts Bay . "Cape Cod" was thus officially renamed the "Province Lands". The first record of a municipal government with jurisdiction over

1710-411: The demography of resort towns . They often reveal unusual results, as in this case, where the number of housing units far exceeds the Town's total population, where that number of housing units rose 15% while the population dropped 14%, and where nearly 61% of the housing stock is vacant, with 53% designated "for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use", according to the census. In the decade spanning

1767-401: The estimated median income for a year-round household in the town was $ 46,547, with a mean household income of $ 74,840. For families, the median income was $ 87,228, and the mean is $ 84,050. For nonfamily households, the median income was $ 42,375, and the mean, $ 71,008. Median earnings for male full-time, year-round workers was $ 49,688, versus $ 36,471 for females. The per capita income for the town

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1824-546: The hair on top of their head short, leaving the rest long. Provincetown, Massachusetts Provincetown ( / ˈ p r ɒ v ɪ n s ˌ t aʊ n / ) is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts , in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census , Provincetown has

1881-545: The harbor, south of the Seashore's lands. Mount Ararat was named after Noah's landing place , while Mount Gilboa, and another dune, was named for the mountain described in the book of Samuel . The town of Provincetown has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Dfb ), closely bordering on oceanic climate . The plant hardiness zone is 7a, with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 4.9 °F (−15.1 °C). The average seasonal (Nov–Apr) snowfall total

1938-561: The mainland. Provincetown is 45 miles (72 km) east by southeast from Boston by air or sea, and 115 miles (185 km) by road. About 4,500 acres, or about 73% of the town's land area, is owned by the National Park Service , which operates the Cape Cod National Seashore , leaving about 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) of land under the town's jurisdiction. To the north lie the "Province Lands",

1995-419: The mid-1960s, Provincetown saw population growth. The town's rural character appealed to the hippies of the era; property was relatively cheap and rents were correspondingly low, especially during the winter. Many of those who came stayed and raised families. Commercial Street, where most of the town's businesses are located, gained numerous cafés, leather shops, and head shops . By the 1970s, Provincetown had

2052-429: The most protected mooring place in Provincetown, had a 1,000-foot-wide (305 m) inlet from Provincetown Harbor, and effectively blocked off access to Provincetown by land. Until the late 19th century, no road led to Provincetown – the only land route connecting the village to points back toward the mainland was along a thin stretch of beach along the shore to the north (known locally as the "backshore"). A wooden bridge

2109-470: The mouth of the East Harbor was diked to enable the laying of track for the arrival of the railroad. The railroad was completed, to great fanfare, in 1873; and the wooden bridge and sand road was finally replaced by a formal roadway in 1877. The railroad terminated at Railroad Wharf, known today as MacMillan Pier. It provided an easy means for fishermen to offload their vessels and ship their catch to

2166-506: The name "Warrior" as the official mascot. The original mascot depicted a Native American man viewed from the side with Black & Gold war paint on his face, and a feather head-dress on his head, very similar to the Washington Redskins Native American logo. The logo for the school is now a block "N" with one half of the "N" painted black, and the other half painted gold. The 2016 boys' soccer team finished

2223-475: The neighbors, paths to school, paths to church; tortuous paths perhaps, but they were good pilots by night or day, on land or water. Besides, at low water there was a road such as none else could boast, washed completely twice a day from year to year, wide enough and free enough and long enough, if followed, for the armies of the Netherlands." The town's internal road layout reflects the historic importance of

2280-542: The places. In 1898 Charles Webster Hawthorne opened the Cape Cod School of Art, said to be the first outdoor school for figure painting, in Provincetown. Film of his class from 1916 has been preserved. The town includes eight buildings and two historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places : Provincetown Historic District and Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District . In

2337-487: The school began starting classes at a later time. In 2013 the school had 1,024 students, which was its highest level in the era. By 2020 it was down to 877. There was a decline of births in the area, and a new Cape Cod Regional Technical High School was attracting students away from Nauset Regional. The Nauset School Committee voted to get rid of the Native American logo representing the "Warrior" but will keep

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2394-747: The season ranked ninth in the nation by USA Today on its final Super 25 Expert Rankings. The 2018 boys’ soccer team finished the season ranked third in the nation and won the MIAA DII State Championship. Nauset Regional High School has several educational departments, including English, Mathematics, Social Studies (History), Science, World Language, Physical Education/Health, Fine and Applied Arts, Business and Technology, Dramatic Arts, and Special Education. 41°51′34.29″N 69°57′59.15″W  /  41.8595250°N 69.9664306°W  / 41.8595250; -69.9664306 Nauset The Nauset people , sometimes referred to as

2451-536: The town of Truro , and by Provincetown Harbor to the southeast, Cape Cod Bay to the south and west, Massachusetts Bay to the northwest and north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast. The town is 45 miles (72 km) north (by road) from Barnstable , Hyannis, Massachusetts , and 62 miles (100 km) by road to the Sagamore Bridge, which spans the Cape Cod Canal and connects Cape Cod to

2508-515: The town was 91.5% White , 4.0% African American , 0.6% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 1.6% from other races , and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of the population. The top reported ancestries were Irish (26.7%, up 9.3% from 2000), English (17.4%, up 2.6%), Portuguese (14.6%, down 8.2%), Italian (13.5%, up 3.4%), and German (12.5%, up 3.6%). There were 1,765 households (down 3.9%), out of which 416 (23.6%) had families, 115 (6.5%) had children under

2565-579: The town's art community took over many of the abandoned buildings. By the early decades of the 20th century, the town had acquired an international reputation for its artistic and literary productions. The Provincetown Players was an important experimental theatre company formed during this period. Many of its members lived during other parts of the year in Greenwich Village in New York, and intellectual and artistic connections were woven between

2622-542: The towns of Dennis , Harwich and Chatham . Nauset's mascot is the Warrior and the schools colors are Black and Gold. In 2010, the Provincetown School Board elected to shut down Provincetown High School , by the end of the 2012–13 academic school year due to falling enrollment and lack of funds. By 2012 the 9th and 10th grade students at Provincetown were already moved to Nauset Regional. In 2012

2679-426: The waterfront − especially the waterfront on its southern shore − which offers a naturally deep harbor with easy and safe boat access, plus natural protection from the wind and waves. An additional element of Provincetown's geography tremendously influenced the manner in which the town evolved: the town was physically isolated, being at the hard-to-reach tip of a long, narrow peninsula . The East Harbor, which provided

2736-485: The waterfront, the key to communication and commerce with the outside world. As the town grew, it organically expanded along the harborfront. The main "thoroughfare" was the hard-packed beach, where all commerce and socializing took place. Early deeds refer to a "Town Rode", which was little more than a footpath that ran behind the houses. In 1835, County Commissioners turned that into "Front Street", now known as Commercial Street. "Back Street" ran parallel to Front Street, but

2793-610: The year in the PAAM galleries. Between 2004 and 2007, PAAM received four Rural Development grants and loans totaling $ 3 million to increase the museum's space, add climate-controlled facilities, renovate a historic sea captain's house (the Hargood House) and cover cost overruns. As the mission of the Rural Development program is "To increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for all rural Americans",

2850-487: The year-round vitality of the historic art colony of Provincetown. Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) is a nationally recognized, year-round cultural institution that celebrated its Centennial in 2014. PAAM mounts 35 art exhibitions each year, offers workshops in the fine arts for children, youth, and adults, and hosts an array of programs and events to enrich visitor experience. The PAAM Permanent Collection consists of 3,000 objects, which are displayed throughout

2907-429: The years 2000 through 2010, Provincetown's small year-round population declined 14.3% from 3,431 to 2,942, yet during the summer months, population estimates vary wildly, ranging from 19,000 to 60,000. Census figures are unable to capture these dynamic population fluctuations that are associated with seasonal tourism. Part-time residents, which includes non-resident property owners and seasonal residents, are not counted in

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2964-430: Was $ 41,488. About 2.1% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over. Provincetown's ZIP code has the highest concentration of same-sex couple households of any ZIP code in the United States. Data from traditional demographic sources like the U.S. Census, municipal voting rolls and property records may not accurately portray

3021-579: Was drawn up and signed. The event is memorialized in a sculpture near the Pilgrim Monument. They agreed to settle and build a self-governing community, and came ashore in the West End. Though the Pilgrims chose to settle across the bay in Plymouth , Cape Cod enjoyed an early reputation for its valuable fishing grounds, and for its harbor: a naturally deep, protected basin that was considered

3078-508: Was erected over the East Harbor in 1854, only to be destroyed by a winter storm and ice two years later. Although the bridge was replaced the following year, any traveler who crossed it still needed to traverse several miles over sand routes, which, together with the backshore route, was occasionally washed out by storms. This made Provincetown very much like an island. Its residents relied almost entirely upon its harbor for its communication, travel, and commerce needs. That changed in 1868, when

3135-625: Was formed to promote gay tourism . Today more than 200 businesses belong to the PBG and Provincetown is perhaps the best-known gay summer resort on the East Coast. The 2010 US Census revealed Provincetown to have the highest rate of same-sex couples in the country, at 163.1 per 1000 households. Since the 1990s, property prices have risen significantly, causing some residents economic hardship. The housing bust of 2005–2012 caused property values in and around town to fall by 10 percent or more in less than

3192-581: Was reused to designate the entire region now known as Cape Cod . On November 9, 1620, the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod while en route to the Colony of Virginia . After two days of failed attempts to sail south against the strong winter seas, they returned to the safety of the harbor, known today as Provincetown Harbor , and set anchor. It was here that the Mayflower Compact

3249-552: Was set back from the harbor − today it is known as Bradford Street. "The houses faced the water then; since then some of the houses have been turned around; some of them still have the front door on the shore side. One man, a doctor, who had not lived long in town, proposed that the street be made sixty-four feet wide, but they soon voted down such foolishness as that from foreigners. He tried to compromise on thirty-two feet, but twenty-two feet seemed wide enough for all possible purposes, and twenty-two feet wide it is." Provincetown

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