Hummock

Some of the earliest settlers of Nantucket lived around Hummock Pond to take advantage of the abundant fresh water.  The island's largest pond, it was named for Indian sachem Nanahumacke whose people lived at its neck.  Originally a salt water inlet, this pond in the island's south central plains and shaped like a fish hook, was landlocked by sand pushed in by the ocean waves and eventually relinquished its salinity.