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A town of 10,420 people in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1656Established
10,318Population
25.4 sq miArea
39 ftElevation

Brewster is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The population of Brewster was 10,318 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Initially settled in 1659, the Town of Brewster is named after Elder William Brewster, the religious leader of Plymouth Colony. Brewster is known as the "Sea Captain's Town" for its wealth of eighteenth and nineteenth century historic captain's homes, including the Cobb House (1799), the current home of the Brewster Historical Society. Brewster is also notable as the home of Nickerson State Park, a 1,900 acre preserve carved out of the former hunting grounds of the prominent Nickerson Family. The impact of the Nickerson Family c…

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