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'''Dukes County''' was a [[County (United States)|county]] of the [[Province of New York]] from 1683 to 1691. It was established on November 1, 1683, at the same time as [[Kings County, New York|Kings County]], [[Queens County, New York|Queens County]], and [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]]. It consisted of the [[Elizabeth Islands]], [[Martha's Vineyard]], and [[Nantucket Island]], all east of [[Long Island]]. In 1691, the county was transferred to the newly formed [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], where it was divided into [[Dukes County, Massachusetts|Dukes County]] and [[Nantucket]] in [[Massachusetts]].
==Notes==
* ''The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries'', Contributor and Publisher William Abbatt, v.22 1916 Jan-Jun, page 76
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927122128/http://www.mvgazette.com/images/photocache/img/6332.jpg 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''.] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}
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[[Category:History of Nantucket, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of New York (state)]]
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