Harwich Massachusetts's beaches are on the Nantucket Sound side of Cape Cod.
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Harwich Massachusetts was first settled by Europeans in 1670 as part of Yarmouth.
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In recent years Harwich Massachusetts Port has become a popular night life destination during the summer as many new bars and restaurants opened and established restaurants remained popular.
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Harwich Massachusetts is on the southern side of Cape Cod, just west of the southeastern corner.
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Harwich Massachusetts is approximately 12 miles east of Barnstable, 28 miles east of the Cape Cod Canal, 35 miles south of Provincetown, and 80 miles southeast of Boston.
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Town of Harwich contains several smaller census-designated places for which the U S Census reports more focused geographic and demographic information.
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Harwich Massachusetts is governed by the open town meeting form of government, led by a town administrator and a board of selectmen.
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The municipal library, the Brooks Free Library in Harwich Massachusetts Center, is the largest and is a member of the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing library network.
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Harwich Massachusetts is the site of the Long Pond Medical Center, which serves the southeastern Cape region.
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Harwich Massachusetts has police and fire departments, with one fire and police station headquarters, and Station 2 in East Harwich Massachusetts.
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Harwich Massachusetts's schools are part of the Monomoy Regional School District.
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Harwich Massachusetts is known for its excellent boys basketball, girls basketball, girls field hockey, softball and baseball teams.
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