Dukes County, Province of New York

Dukes County, New York was a county of the New York from 1683 to 1691. It was formed on November 1, 1683, at the same time as Kings County, Queens County, and Duchess County. It consisted of the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Island, all beyond the eastern end of Long Island. In 1691, the entire county was transferred to the newly formed Province of Massachusetts Bay, where it was divided and formed into Massachusetts' Dukes County and Nantucket County.

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• The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Contributor and Publisher William Abbatt,

Item notes: v.22 1916 Jan-Jun, page 76

Simon Athearn’s 1694 rough Island map, now in the Massachusetts State Archives, was published in Arthur Railton’s The History of Martha’s Vineyard .