Chilmark
A town in Dukes County, Massachusetts — population 1,235 as of 2022.
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At Alison Convery’s beautiful and moving memorial service, Katherine Poole’s words recalling her mother, Virginia Poole, and Alison Convery laughing and singing together, brought home the powerful experience of connection we can offer one another as family and chosen family.…
Events
Richard North Patterson’s ‘Tripwires’
From his seasonal perch in a rural corner of West Tisbury, Richard North Patterson has spent more than 30 years writing 25 books. They include legal and political novels that traverse terrain that runs far from the Island, as well as a trilogy of novels that explore family…
Creatives & Arts
Chilmark
Last week, the traditional first week for the fourth and fifth graders at the Chilmark School sailing trip on the Shenandoah was her final voyage. She was joined by a parade of sails from Menemsha to Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon, and back to Vineyard Haven Harbor. Thank you, Lynne…
Community Groups & OrganizationsIn and around Chilmark
See & do
- Black Point Beach Lot
- Book-A-Boat
- Chilmark Free Public Library
- Fulling Mill Brook Conservation Area
- Island Folk Pottery, Magical Sculpture Trail and Pottery Shop
Eat, drink & stay
- Beach Plum Inn & Restauraunt
- Beetlebung Coffee House
- Chilmark Tavern
- Menemsha Inn & Cottages
- Chilmark Coffee Company
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Chilmark by the numbers
- Median age
- 53.6
- Households
- 573
- Persons per household
- 2.7
- Median household income
- $168,750
- Median house value
- $1,895,300