page_title: Edgartown, Massachusetts
hierarchical_section_title: Edgartown, Massachusetts
context_page_description: Edgartown is a tourist destination on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, for which it is the county seat.
  It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved. Today it hosts yachting events around its large harbour. It includes the smaller island of Chappaquiddick, remembered in connection with a namesake fatal incident in 1969, involving Ted Kennedy, who was staying in one of the town's hotels.
  Edgartown is a part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a portion of the Cape and Islands district. Population was 4,067 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Edgartown is a tourist destination on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, for which it is the county seat.
  It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved. Today it hosts yachting events around its large harbour. It includes the smaller island of Chappaquiddick, remembered in connection with a namesake fatal incident in 1969, involving Ted Kennedy, who was staying in one of the town's hotels.
  Edgartown is a part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a portion of the Cape and Islands district. Population was 4,067 at the 2010 census.
caption: Location in Dukes County in Massachusetts
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