The cape cod community is reeling from the devastating news of eric stanley barnstable’s untimely demise, a. Webold king’s highway, which travels through seven cape cod towns, began as a trail used by native americans and then a cart path for farmers. Webone of the most beautiful of the seven villages in the town of barnstable, centerville’s roots go back to the 17th century, when it was called chequaquet, meaning “pleasant.