This history of Siasconset recounts the development of the village on the easternmost shore of Nantucket Island—from its beginnings as a seasonal fishing station to its incarnation as a summer retreat, and, demographically, as the smaller of Nantucket’s two towns, the only other settlement with its own zip code: 02564. In the following overview—which relies heavily on firsthand accounts of travelers to the island and contemporary descriptions by local residents—a chronology of the village emerges from a variety of voices and sources.