Dukes County, Massachusetts Map
Explore Dukes County, Massachusetts with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 13 cities and towns in Dukes County below.
Interactive Map of Dukes County, Massachusetts
| County | Dukes |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County Seat | Edgartown |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 41.406037 |
| Longitude | -70.648548 |
| Cities & Towns | 13 |
| Area Codes | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
About Dukes County, Massachusetts
Dukes County occupies an archipelago of terminal moraines and outwash plains, defined by the relentless meeting of the Atlantic Ocean and the glacial debris of the last ice age. The terrain is a composition of sandy scrub oak barrens, freshwater ponds formed by stagnant ice blocks, and high clay cliffs that erode into the surf, shedding layers of ochre and iron-rich earth. To the west, the mainland of Massachusetts looms as a hazy suggestion across the sound, but here, the land is singular, shaped by salt-laden gales that prune the vegetation into low, wind-sculpted forms. The air possesses a crystalline quality at dusk, magnifying the deep violet of the horizon and turning the surface of the sheltered harbors into sheets of hammered pewter.
Dukes County traces its administrative origin to the seventeenth century, when the islands were claimed by colonial proprietors under a grant from the English crown. The consolidation of these lands into a single county followed a period of shifting loyalties and complex negotiations between the indigenous inhabitants and the arriving settlers, who sought to organize the territory into a coherent pastoral and maritime province. The county seat emerged in a harbor-side village where the deep-water access favored the whaling industry, establishing a center of governance that reflected the austere, pragmatic spirit of the era. These early structures, built of weathered cedar shingles and framed by white-painted trim, still stand as silent witnesses to the generations who looked toward the sea as both a livelihood and a boundary.
Life in the county now balances the quietude of the off-season with the dense, kinetic energy of the summer months, when the population swells and the narrow roads fill with the dust of constant travel. Residents engage in a seasonal economy that shifts from the cultivation of shellfish and the maintenance of fishing fleets to the service of visitors who arrive to experience the island’s particular isolation. The character of the place is defined by a certain Yankee reserve, a preference for the understated, and an awareness that the land is fragile and finite. As the light fades across the salt marshes, the landscape softens into shades of muted brown and gold, leaving the traveler with the distinct impression of a world that operates on its own clock, governed more by the turning of the tides than by the frantic pace of the distant continent.
Cities and Towns in Dukes County
About This Dukes County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Dukes County, Massachusetts alongside links to detailed street maps for 13 cities and towns. The county seat is Edgartown. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
