Churches in Barnstable County
Barnstable County, Massachusetts has 133 churches in the Churches List directory, 2 of them verified and 70 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 175 congregations and 82,694 adherents across 48 religious bodies in the county. That is 361 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 228,995 people.
Religious bodies in Barnstable County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 20 | 54,830 | 239.4 |
| Episcopal Church | 12 | 4,256 | 18.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 16 | 3,941 | 17.2 |
| United Church of Christ | 18 | 3,540 | 15.5 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 16 | 2,904 | 12.7 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 8 | 1,784 | 7.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations | 7 | 1,318 | 5.8 |
| Reform Judaism | 2 | 1,315 | 5.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 9 | 1,242 | 5.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,032 | 4.5 |
| Muslim Estimate | 1 | 882 | 3.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 3 | 879 | 3.8 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (228,995). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
- Osterville Baptist Church — National Register, 1987
Notable churches in Barnstable County
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First Congregational Church of Falmouth
Mid-Cape Assembly of God
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Mashpee Baptist Church
First Congregational Church
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Church of Nazarene
Federated Church of Hyannis
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Bourne Methodist Church Ofc
Victory Chapel
Church of the Holy Spirit
Presbyterian Church of Cape Cod
Harwich First Congregational of Harwich
Hyannis Baptist Church
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Cities and towns in Barnstable County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (20) · United Church of Christ (19) · Non-Denominational (13) · Episcopal (11) · Congregational (10) · Catholic (7) · United Methodist (7) · Assemblies of God (6) · Lutheran (5) · Other Christian Services (5)
Researching ancestors from Barnstable County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Massachusetts counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Barnstable County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Barnstable County
FEMA has issued 28 disaster declarations covering Barnstable County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2023. The most frequent cause: hurricane (10 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Barnstable County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.