Sandwich (CDP), Massachusetts
| Sandwich, Massachusetts | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Sandwich Glass Museum
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_highlighted.svg) Location in Barnstable County and the state of Massachusetts. |
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| Coordinates: 41°45′32″N 70°30′1″W / 41.75889°N 70.50028°WCoordinates: 41°45′32″N 70°30′1″W / 41.75889°N 70.50028°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Massachusetts
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| County | Barnstable |
| Town | Sandwich |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
| • Land | 9.4 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,962 |
| • Density | 316.0/km2 (818/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 02563, 02644 |
| Area code(s) | 508 |
| FIPS code | 25-59700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0616643 |
Sandwich is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,962 at the 2010 census, out of a total 20,675 people in the town of Sandwich.
Sandwich village is located in the northwestern part of the town of Sandwich at 41°45′32″N 70°30′0″W / 41.75889°N 70.50000°W (41.75891, -70.500174). It is bordered to the north by Massachusetts Route 6A and the Cape Cod Canal, to the northeast by Cape Cod Bay, to the east by the Dock Creek saltmarsh and the CDP of East Sandwich, to the south by U.S. Route 6 (the Mid-Cape Highway), and to the west by the town of Bourne.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2). 3.6 square miles (9.4 km2) of it is land, and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2) of it (4.90%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,379 households, and 864 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 329.8/km² (854.5/mi²). There were 1,706 housing units at an average density of 184.0/km² (476.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.04% White, 0.23% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.
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