Dukes County was a 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, Queens County, and 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 and Nantucket in Massachusetts.

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Dukes County
County of Province of New York
1683–1691
Area
• Coordinates	41.341°N 70.820°W / 41.341; -70.820
History
• Established	November 1, 1683
• Disestablished	1691
Contained within
• Crown colony	Province of New York
Succeeded by Dukes County Nantucket
Today part of	United States

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• The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Contributor and Publisher William Abbatt, v.22 1916 Jan-Jun, page 76
• 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]}

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