Harthaven, Massachusetts

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harthaven, Massachusetts
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map_caption = Location in Dukes County in Massachusetts


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Massachusetts
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Dukes
established_title = Settled
established_date = 1911
established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1880
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government_type = Open town meeting
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area_total_km2 = 67.2
area_total_sq_mi = 26.0
area_land_km2 = 19.1
area_land_sq_mi = 7.4
area_water_km2 = 48.1
area_water_sq_mi = 18.6
population_as_of = 2000
settlement_type = Town
population_total = 3713
population_density_km2 = 194.6
population_density_sq_mi = 504.1
elevation_m = 9
elevation_ft = 30
timezone = Eastern
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = Eastern
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd = 41 |latm = 27 |lats = 15 |latNS = N
longd = 70 |longm = 33 |longs = 45 |longEW = W
website = http://www.ci.oak-bluffs.ma.us/
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 02557
area_code = 508 / 774
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blank_info = 25-50390
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blank1_info = 0619442
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Harthaven is a New England community, part of Oak Bluffs located on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States.

History

Harthaven was first settled by William H. Hart who purchased five lots from the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company in 1871. Two years later he added an additional three lots. In 1911 he expanded his holdings to include more land south of Farm Pond and the Harthaven community was established between the end of the the Oak Bluffs seawall and Sengekontacket Pond. Initially the community was made up entirely of members of his family who originally had chosen the Vineyard as a place to spend the summer but gradually began to stay there year-round after 1911 [ [http://www.samlow.com/harthavenhistory.htm harthavenhistory ] ] . In 1914 the Vineyard Gazette referred to the community as the "Hart Settlement off the Beach Road" [Vineyard Gazette, September 17th, 1914] . Eventually other New England families such as the Eddys and Youngs married into the Harts, for example when Ethelbert Allen Moore married Martha Hart, a daughter of William H. Hart. [John Moore, “Harthaven – The Best Darned Place To Grow Up", Pursuasive Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1885723024]

Geography

See also

*Flying Horses Carousel
*Martha's Vineyard
*Vineyard Haven
*The Grand Illumination
*William H. Hart

Gallery

References

External Links

* Harthaven History by Sam Low [http://www.samlow.com/harthavenhistory.htm]
* Harthaven information [http://massachusetts.hometownlocator.com/MA/Dukes/Harthaven.cfm#18]
* Harthaven Community [http://www.harthavencommunity.com/]