- The town of Bourne consists of the following villages - Bourne, Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Gray Gables, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore and Sagamore Beach.
- Bourne is the "Gateway to Cape Cod" as it is home to both the Bourne Bridge and the Sagamore Bridge, the only links for automobile access to the Cape.
- Buzzards Bay is the home of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
- Bourne, originally part of Sandwich, was not established until 1884.
- President Grover Cleveland established the first Cape Cod 'summer White House' in Bourne at the Gray Gables estate.
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