Edgartown, Massachusetts

About Edgartown

Edgartown is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Massachusetts.

Edgartown holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.2 square miles.

📰 Edgartown News Today

• Carol Shilakes Obituary | Chapman Family Funeral Homes | Oak Bluffs, MA Tribute Archive · Aug 16
• Edgartown Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• $4 Million Lotto Prize Claimed in Edgartown The Vineyard Gazette · Jun 16
• Exclusive | Goldman Sachs exec fires back in battle over Martha’s Vineyard trees pagesix.com · Jul 24
• 191-Year-Old Legacy Estate on Martha's Vineyard Gets $17.6 Million Price Hike After Undergoing a Stunning Renovation Realtor.com · Jun 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Edgartown Unique

• The only place in America named Edgartown — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Edgartown

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Edgartown

• Behind the Bookstore — american (café)
• The Square Rigger — seafood
• 19 Prime — steak house
• Alchemy — american
• Among the Flowers
• Atlantic
• Chesca's
• Dock Street Coffee Shop (café)
• Edgartown Diner
• Edgartown Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum · Museum
• Vincent House Museum · Museum
• Big Bridge · Attraction
• The Carnegie Heritage Center · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Edgartown

• Robinson Road Recreation Area reviews ★
• Ben Toms Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bold Water Conservation Restriction · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Brine · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Brine's Pond · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bunker Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Calebs Common · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cannonball Park reviews ★
• Cape Poge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Caroline Tuthill Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chappy Av/Narraganset Av Ames · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Edgartown

• Edgartown Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Edgartown

🏘️ Nearby Communities