page_title: Chilmark, Massachusetts
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Chilmark, Massachusetts / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: The Chilmark School, located at 8 State Street in Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, is a public elementary school which serves grades K-5 with multi-age classes: K&amp;1, 2&amp;3 and 4&amp;5 are combined. The school is part of the Up Island Regional School District, which also includes Aquinnah and West Tisbury. (Source: "About"}
context_page_description: Chilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 866 at the 2010 census. The fishing village of Menemsha is located on the western side of the town along its border with the town of Aquinnah. Chilmark had the highest median home sale price of any town or city in Massachusetts in 2013.
context_section_description: On the national level, Chilmark is a part of Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, and is currently represented by Bill Keating.  The state's senior member of the United States Senate is Elizabeth Warren. The state's junior Senator is Ed Markey.
  On the state level, Chilmark is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district, which includes all of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as a portion of Falmouth.  The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a portion of the Cape and Islands district, which includes all of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and most of Barnstable County (with the exception of Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth and a portion of Barnstable).  All of Dukes County is patrolled by the Fifth (Oak Bluffs) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police.
  Chilmark is governed on the local level by the open town meeting form of government, and is led by a board of selectmen.  All of the town's facilities are centered at a location known as Beetlebung Corner.  The Town Hall, Tri-Town Ambulance, and the Fire Department share a building in the northern quadrant of the crossroads, the police station is located next to the Chilmark Tavern, and the post office and the town's Free Public Library occupy the southern.  The current library opened in 2003, having outgrown the previous library just to the east of the current location at the corner.
caption: The Chilmark School (2019)
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