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Nantucket
(pronun?ie
AFI
,
|?|n|æ|n|?|t|?|k|?|t
) este o
insul?
situat? la circa 48 de
km
sud de
Cape Cod
, statul
Massachusetts
,
Statele Unite ale Americii
. Impreun? cu micile insule
Tuckernuck
?i
Muskeget
, constituie atat
targul
omonim (
Nantucket, Massachusetts
) cat ?i comitatul omonim,
comitatul Nantucket
, cu care coincide teritorial ?i administrativ formand o entitate consolidat? comitat-localitate (conform originalului,
consolidated city-county
).
O parte a localit??ii este desemnat? ca un
loc desemnat
pentru
recenzare
,
Nantucket CDP
(CDP este acronimul pentru expresia din limba
englez?
census designated place
). Zona
Surfside
de pe insula Nantucket este punctul cel mai sudic al statului
Massachusetts
.
| Date climatice pentru Nantucket
|
| Luna
|
Ian
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
Mai
|
Iun
|
Iul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Anual
|
| Maxima medie °F (°C)
|
38
(3)
|
40
(4)
|
44
(7)
|
51
(11)
|
60
(16)
|
68
(20)
|
75
(24)
|
75
(24)
|
70
(21)
|
61
(16)
|
52
(11)
|
44
(7)
|
56,5
(13,6)
|
| Minima medie °F (°C)
|
25
(?4)
|
27
(?3)
|
31
(?1)
|
38
(3)
|
46
(8)
|
56
(13)
|
62
(17)
|
62
(17)
|
56
(13)
|
48
(9)
|
40
(4)
|
31
(?1)
|
43,5
(6,4)
|
| Precipita?ii
inches (mm)
|
3.61
(91.7)
|
2.85
(72.4)
|
4.25
(108)
|
3.74
(95)
|
3.42
(86.9)
|
3.49
(88.6)
|
3.09
(78.5)
|
3.91
(99.3)
|
4.04
(102.6)
|
3.92
(99.6)
|
4.43
(112.5)
|
3.80
(96.5)
|
44,55
(1.131,6)
|
| Surs?: The Weather Channel
[1]
|
Popula?ia istoric?
| Anul
| Pop.
| ±%
|
|---|
| 1850
| 8.452
| ?
|
|---|
| 1860
| 6.094
| ?27.9%
|
|---|
| 1870
| 4.123
| ?32.3%
|
|---|
| 1880
| 3.727
| ?9.6%
|
|---|
| 1890
| 3.268
| ?12.3%
|
|---|
| 1900
| 3.006
| ?8.0%
|
|---|
| 1910
| 2.962
| ?1.5%
|
|---|
| 1920
| 2.797
| ?5.6%
|
|---|
| 1930
| 3.678
| +31.5%
|
|---|
| 1940
| 3.401
| ?7.5%
|
|---|
| 1950
| 3.484
| +2.4%
|
|---|
| 1960
| 3.559
| +2.2%
|
|---|
| 1970
| 3.774
| +6.0%
|
|---|
| 1980
| 5.087
| +34.8%
|
|---|
| 1990
| 6.012
| +18.2%
|
|---|
| 2000
| 9.520
| +58.3%
|
|---|
| 2001*
| 9.742
| +2.3%
|
|---|
| 2002*
| 10.076
| +3.4%
|
|---|
| 2003*
| 10.305
| +2.3%
|
|---|
| 2004*
| 10.536
| +2.2%
|
|---|
| 2005*
| 10.608
| +0.7%
|
|---|
| 2006*
| 10.803
| +1.8%
|
|---|
| 2007*
| 11.060
| +2.4%
|
|---|
| 2008*
| 11.272
| +1.9%
|
|---|
| 2009*
| 11.322
| +0.4%
|
|---|
| 2010
| 10.172
| ?10.2%
|
|---|
Sankaty Head
lighthouse
at the eastern end of Nantucket Island,
Massachusetts
ca.
November 2000
Rezultatele alegerilor preziden?iale
| Year
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
| 2008
|
30.8%
1,863
|
67.3%
4,073
|
| 2004
|
35.6%
2,040
|
63.0%
3,608
|
| 2000
|
33.0%
1,624
|
58.3%
2,874
|
| 1996
|
29.4%
1,222
|
59.0%
2,453
|
| 1992
|
27.5%
1,158
|
48.3%
2,037
|
| 1988
|
39.4%
1,469
|
59.2%
2,209
|
| 1984
|
53.5%
1,697
|
45.9%
1,456
|
| 1980
|
40.5%
1,149
|
36.6%
1,040
|
| 1976
|
53.3%
1,399
|
42.5%
1,115
|
| 1972
|
59.6%
1,418
|
40.0%
952
|
| 1968
|
55.3%
991
|
41.5%
744
|
| 1964
|
32.8%
587
|
67.0%
1,197
|
| 1960
|
63.5%
1,219
|
36.4%
698
|
- Bond, C. Lawrence,
Native Names of New England Towns and Villages
, privately published by C. Lawrence Bond, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1991.
- Philbrick, Nathaniel,
In The Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
, Penguin, NY, NY, 2000.
- Macy, William Francis.
- Tower, W.S.
Commons
