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History · Popponesset

Half of Popponesset’s homes were built after 1970

Most of Popponesset was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Popponesset’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Popponesset’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Popponesset, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Popponesset yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Popponesset is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mashpee on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Popponesset had a population of 280. The area is part of the New Seabury community, but is treated separately for Census purposes.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 220 to 280 (+27%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Popponesset, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Popponesset Bay1943Popponesset Bay
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 recent
Popponesset Beach2013Popponesset BeachCommunity Building2013Community BuildingEac training poponessett beach2008Eac training poponessett beach
Then & now

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Popponesset Bay
Retake this viewPopponesset Bay, 1943

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Famous people

Famous people close to Popponesset

Nobody well known was born in Popponesset itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Casey AffleckAmerican actor · b. 1975
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Katharine Lee BatesAmerican poet and songwriter · b. 1859
Mercy Otis WarrenAmerican writer · b. 1728
James OtisLawyer in colonial Massachusetts · b. 1725
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Jessica DubroffAmerican child pilot trainee · b. 1988
Gustavus Franklin SwiftAmerican entrepreneur in the meat industry · b. 1839
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New SeaburyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMashpee2 historic placesB−Popponesset IslandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.