Forestdale

Forestdale is a and census-designated place within the town of in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, Forestdale had a population of 4,116.
  • Type: Hamlet with 4,100 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: Forestdale, MA” and “Forestdale, Massachusetts
  • Postal code: 02644

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forestdale School and Cleveland Island.

School
The , also known as the Greenville School, is a historic one-room school building at 87 Falmouth-Sandwich Road in .

Island
is a small heavily forested island located in Wakeby Pond in , . It once belonged to president Grover Cleveland. Cleveland once said that Daniel Webster caught a trout near the island, and then "talked mighty strong and fine to that fish and told him what a mistake he had made, and that he would have been all right if he had left the bait alone. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Forestdale.

Government office
is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Otis Air National Guard Base in and serves the Northeast U.S. from to It was established in 1970. is situated 2 miles southwest of Forestdale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mashpee and East Sandwich.

is in on . It includes the village of New Seabury. Purchased in 1660 to be a reservation for the Wampanoag tribe and later revoked and incorporated as a town. Until the 1960s, Wampanoags made up the majority of the population.

Hamlet
is a village and census-designated place within the town of in , . As of the 2020 census, had a population of 3,669. is situated 4 miles northeast of Forestdale.

is on in at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, and includes the villages of East and Forestdale. It is the oldest town on the Cape, settled in 1637.

Forestdale

Latitude
41.69177° or 41° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-70.49947° or 70° 29′ 58″ west
Population
4,100
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
87HFMGR2+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158841709
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4937033
Wiki­data ID
Q972501
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Forestdale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فورستدال
  • Cebuano: Forestdale
  • Chinese: 福雷斯特代爾
  • French: Forestdale
  • German: Forestdale
  • Gilaki: فؤرست‌دیل (ماساچۊست)
  • Gilaki: فؤرست‌دیل
  • Irish: Forestdale
  • Italian: Forestdale
  • Ladin: Forestdale
  • Persian: فورستدیل، ماساچوست
  • Persian: فورستدیل
  • Polish: Forestdale
  • Portuguese: Forestdale
  • Serbian: Фористдејл
  • Serbo-Croatian: Forestdale, Massachusetts
  • Serbo-Croatian: Forestdale
  • Silesian: Forestdale
  • South Azerbaijani: فورستدیل، ماساچوست
  • Spanish: Forestdale
  • Tatar: Форестдейл
  • Turkish: Forestdale
  • Ukrainian: Форестдейл
  • Urdu: فارسٹ ڈیل، میساچوسٹس

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