14 Facts About Provincetown Massachusetts

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The Provincetown Massachusetts Players was an important experimental theatre company formed during this period.

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Today more than 200 businesses belong to the PBG and Provincetown Massachusetts is perhaps the best-known gay summer resort on the East Coast.

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3.

The 2010 US Census revealed Provincetown Massachusetts to have the highest rate of same-sex couples in the country, at 163.

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4.

Provincetown Massachusetts is located at the very tip of Cape Cod, encompassing a total area of 17.

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5.

Provincetown Massachusetts is 45 miles east by southeast from Boston by air or sea, and 115 miles by road.

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6.

Provincetown Massachusetts Art Association and Museum is a nationally recognized, year-round cultural institution that celebrated its Centennial in 2014.

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7.

Atlantic House in Provincetown Massachusetts is considered the oldest gay bar in the US and Frommer's calls it "the nation's premier gay bar".

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8.

Provincetown Massachusetts is the setting for the annual Women's Week festival.

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9.

Since 1975, Provincetown Massachusetts has been the host city to Fantasia Fair, the world's first and longest-running annual conference that focuses on gender diversity and transgender issues.

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10.

Provincetown Massachusetts is governed, like most New England towns, by the Open town meeting form of government.

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11.

Provincetown Massachusetts is governed by the open town meeting form of government and is led by a town manager and a board of selectmen.

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12.

The Provincetown Massachusetts Public Library is a member of the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing library network and is located on Commercial Street, in the former Center Methodist Episcopal Church building since 2005.

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13.

Provincetown Massachusetts is served by two seasonal ferries to Boston and one to Plymouth.

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14.

Provincetown Massachusetts is at one end of the scenic "Bike Route 1" from Boston called the Claire Saltonstall Bikeway.

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