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Sandwich is the oldest town in Cape Cod and was founded by English settlers in 1637, just 17 years after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth. The town is named after its English counterpart with the motto being Post tot Naufracia Portus, which means “After So Many Shipwrecks, a Haven.”
The early years in Sandwich revolved around agriculture, fishing, and trading. Later on, the town developed a small industrial component along the Scusset River and Old Harbor Creek. In 1825, the Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory was founded because of its shallow harbor, which had the local supplies of timber to fuel glass furnaces. However, the factory declined after the Civil War. Today it is home to two of Cape Cod’s great attractions, the Sandwich Glass Museum and the Heritage Museums and Gardens, which has an excellent automobile collection.
Today, Sandwich is an expansive coastal town with a population of around 20,000 residents. As the Cape Cod entrance site, Sandwich’s borders lie on the Cape Cod Canal, the Scusset Beach State Reservation, and Shawme-Crowell State Forest. Sandwich’s geography is similar to the rest of the Cape, with several beaches, forests, ponds, and rivers dispersing throughout the town.
However, sharing land with coastal environments, woodland, and several bodies of water can invite unwanted pests like termites, ticks, rodents—and much more.