Walk among the Massachusettsns who came before.
Known as Cemetery No. 1, this is the oldest burying ground in Provincetown, laid out in the early 18th century near the town's first meeting house on what became Meeting House Plain. It contains simple slate markers of the colonial era, including winged death's-head stones typical of early New England.
First Cemetery is a cemetery in Provincetown, 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 42.0497, -70.1928 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 33 Court St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Commercial Building at 27 Winthrop St, House at 31 Court St, and House at 27 Winthrop St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
First Cemetery, on Court Street in Provincetown, is among the oldest burial grounds on the outer tip of Cape Cod, with roots reaching to the mid-18th century (about 1750). A contributing property in a National Register historic district, it holds the graves of early residents of the fishing and whaling port, and its weathered stones stand near the harbor town's historic center.
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Massachusetts on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.
Massachusetts