Nantucket County is one of the 14 counties of the state of Massachusetts, with Dukes County it's comprise out of islands. Also its the only county it's government is combined with an town, because there is only one town and four villages. It's the least populated county of Massachusetts with around 10 inhabitants but it's an summer destinations and with visitors it will be around 50 thousand. Before it became an holiday destination it was all about whaling, the main reason that whale-oil was uses to light up lamps. When petroleum was discovered in Pennsylvania shortly after the Civil War, the petroleum was used for the lamps as an cheaper alternative. The whaling industry totally collapsed and Nantucket goes in economical decline for decades, until tourism came to the sandy beaches of the island. The idyllic town of Nantucket with it's cobblestones streets attracted the rich of New England and New York which owned villa's on the island. Nantucket is used in the story Moby Dick because an real whale ship, the Essex was sunken by an sperm whale like the famous white whale. So that event was an inspiration to that story. So lets take an look at the flag.
The oddly shaped flag has an dark blue back ground an few white images. Blue stands for the sea an skies and white stands for the beaches of Nantucket. The circulair white rope and whale symbolize the globe which Nantucket whale ships has its range. Also it's symbolize an compass, the harpoon points north from Nantucket and that guided the whale ships around the oceans. Clever looking flag but it's kind of controversial memory of the current endangered whales.
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