Hyannis
[key], resort village (2020 pop. 44,107), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on
Cape Cod; inc. 1639. It is the business center and shipping point of the
area; major industries are tourism and home construction. There are large
retail malls and light industry. Hyannis provides ferry transportation to
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket island. A conservatory of music and arts is
located there. Nearby Hyannisport is famous as the site of a compound of
houses owned by the Kennedy family.
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