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A contributing property in the Old King's Highway Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Cemetery
Barnstable Center Cemetery
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About this site
Barnstable Center Cemetery is a cemetery in Barnstable, Barnstable County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.7010, -70.2995 near Barnstable. The nearest cataloged historic site is Unitarian Cemeteries, The (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Unitarian Cemeteries, The, Barnstable Schoolhouse, and Unitarian Church of Barnstable.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Barnstable Center Cemetery is a historic burying ground in the village of Barnstable, the seat of Barnstable County, and a contributing property within a National Register historic district in the village's colonial core along Main Street (Route 6A). Like the other early graveyards clustered in the village, it holds generations of the town's founding and early-national families beneath the slate and marble markers typical of Cape Cod.
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