town of Tisbury, Massachusetts

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municipality in the United States town in Massachusetts

The town of Tisbury, Massachusetts is a coastal community on the island of Martha’s Vineyard known for its busy harbor, ferry terminal, and role as a commercial and transportation hub for the island.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tisbury, Massachusetts	0
Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States	1
Town of Tisbury government	1
Town of Tisbury, Massachusetts	1
town of Tisbury	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality in the United States ⓘ town in Massachusetts ⓘ
borders	Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ West Tisbury, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsToByFerry	Falmouth, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Woods Hole, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Dukes County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Town of Tisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Vineyard Haven NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	busy harbor ⓘ coastal community ⓘ commercial hub of Martha's Vineyard ⓘ transportation hub of Martha's Vineyard ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasFeature	downtown commercial district near the harbor ⓘ residential neighborhoods surrounding Vineyard Haven Harbor ⓘ
hasFerryTerminal	Steamship Authority Vineyard Haven terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	open town meeting ⓘ
hasHarbor	Vineyard Haven Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Martha's Vineyard Regional High School NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Tisbury Town Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Vineyard Haven Harbor breakwater NERFINISHED ⓘ Vineyard Haven ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLibrary	Vineyard Haven Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPortFunction	year-round ferry port for Martha's Vineyard ⓘ
hasPostalCode	02568 ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity	maritime services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasSettlementType	New England town ⓘ
hasTransportationRole	primary gateway to Martha's Vineyard by sea ⓘ
hasVillage	Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedIn	1671 ⓘ
isPartOf	Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Dukes County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Cape Cod and Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New England NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Martha's Vineyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Nantucket Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Vineyard Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Cape Cod, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Tisbury, Wiltshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedBy	Steamship Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
usesAreaCode	508 ⓘ 774 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vineyard Haven → governingBody → town of Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Town of Tisbury government

West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States → locatedIn → town of Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ

subject surface form: West Chop

this entity surface form: Town of Tisbury, Massachusetts

West Chop headland → locatedIn → town of Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: town of Tisbury

Vineyard Haven → partOf → town of Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ

Lillian Hellman → placeOfDeath → town of Tisbury, Massachusetts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States