Historical Marker

Dennis Village Cemetery - Dennis, Josiah Marker

Dennis · Barnstable County

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Dennis Village Cemetery - Dennis, Josiah Marker is a historic marker located at Old Bass River Rd in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1763. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

About this site

Dennis Village Cemetery - Dennis, Josiah Marker is a historical marker in Dennis, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.7366, -70.1920 near Dennis. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dennis Village Cemetery - Stone, Nathan Marker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dennis Village Cemetery - Chapman, Micah Marker, Dennis Village Cemetery - Chapman, Isabel Marker, and Dennis Village Cemetery - Gorham, Huldah Marker.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This marker in Dennis Village Cemetery honors the Rev. Josiah Dennis (1719-1795), longtime Congregational minister of the East Precinct of Yarmouth, for whom the town of Dennis was named when it was incorporated in 1793. His 18th-century parsonage survives in the village as the Josiah Dennis Manse museum. The marker records his resting place in the old burying ground.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

📍 41.7366, -70.1920 · Dennis, Barnstable County

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