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Is this map useful? Not only doesn't it orient us as to the island's position vis a vis the mainland, it has no towns located on it. -- Zoe
Article formerly stated that Surfside is the southernmost town in New England; it's not. Greenwich, Connecticut seems to be the southernmost town in New England, at 41 degrees, 2 minutes north latitude; Surfside, looking at the map in this entry, must be north of 41 degrees, 10 minutes. I changed this, although I wasn't logged in when I did it. -- Izzycat
There is no village of Surfside on Nantucket. Surfside is a beach. There is a village named Siasconset, locally referred to as Sconset which lies at the eastermost point of the island.
- Okay; if there's something in the article that's not true, remove it. AJD 04:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Changed the following sentence: "The village of Surfside on Nantucket is the southernmost settlement in Massachusetts." to read "The region of Surfside on Nantucket is the southernmost settlement in Massachusetts." - replacing village with region.
I'm a native of nantucket, and he is correct, there is no village in surfside, maybe a little shack or two, but no complete village. Eh, we don't even really have villages, we just have one central town region. Everything else is like the doldrums.
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- Eh, we don't even really have villages, ...
- Well, I'd probably call Siasconset a village, although it certainly isn't one in the political sense. But it's a compact, fairly-densely populated enclave amid a lot of sparse eastern island.
- Atlant 13:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradictory statements
"Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts and the coextensive Nantucket County."
"The National Park Service has designated the entire island as a National Historic District, paying particular note to the towns of Nantucket and Siaconset."
So, do Nantucket Island, Tuckernuck Island, and Muskeget Island make up the town of Nantucket? That entire area is one town? Then where is Siaconset, and is it indeed a separate town, or just a "neighborhood" or "region?"
I changed this part of the entry to "paying particular note to the region of Siaconset." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.173.8.48 (talk • contribs) .
