The village of Osterville is located on the south side of Barnstable on Nantucket Sound.

[citation needed] The following is from the memoirs of Sarah Hallet Boult, Osterville, MA, age 93, as of March 1, 1955: Membership in the Osterville Historical Society is not limited but village-wide and open to all who are making history today, steadily swarming over the pleasant acres that “Paupinanack sold for a copper kettle and some fencing done.” How many years ago?

The Historical Society all began when a small group of three people recalling old tales of older generations.

Promptly the group increased and interest as well, in back tracking to the very first, few that planted another firm foothold on Cape Cod sand.Osterville's business district includes a public library, gift stores, women's fashions, restaurants, a small market, banks with ATMs, a pizza place, package store (spirits), a U.S. Post Office, a hardware store, art galleries, barber and beauty shops, and real estate brokers.

During July and August, Osterville's population swells due to seasonal residents.

Every Friday mid-June to mid-September, the museum hosts the Osterville Farmers' Market.