Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Often called "P-town" or "Ptown", the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches, harbor, artists, and tourist industry, particularly for LGBTQ people.
Northeast
Provincetown
Barnstable County, MA
Population
3,630
Walk Score
86 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,106
Median home value
$772,200
Settled
1700
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District · listed 2012
- Provincetown Historic District · listed 1989
Notable landmarks
- Center Methodist Church · listed 1975
- Dune Shacks
- First Universalist Chruch · listed 1972
- Freeman's Wharf
- Hawthorne Class Studio · listed 1978
- Indian Filling Station and Office
- Long Point Light Station · listed 1987
- PAUL PALMER (Shipwreck and Remains) · listed 2007
- Provincetown Public Library · listed 1975
- Race Point Light Station · listed 1987
- US Post Office-Provincetown Main · listed 1987
- Wood End Light Lookout Station · listed 1987
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