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Nauset is a beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Barnstable is coextensive with Cape Cod.

The town of Orleans, near Nauset Beach was first settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. Orleans was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, in recognition of France’s support for the 13 colonies during the American Revolution, and because the town did not want an English name, as they had been captured twice by the British during the war.

The Nauset tribe lived in what is present-day Cape Cod Massachusetts, living east of Bass River and lands occupied by their closely related neighbours, the Wampanoag. Due to their ocean proximity, they had a greater reliance on seafood than other tribes.

Nauset Light, is a lighthouse in Eastham, Massachusetts. It is a cast iron plate shell lined with brick and stands 48 feet high. Nauset Light was constructed in 1877 and was originally one of two lights in Chatham. It was moved to Eastham in 1923 to replace the Three Sisters of Nauset, three small wood lighthouses that had been decommissioned.