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New Cemetery is a historic burial ground located at 25 Cemetery Rd in Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1860. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district. A contributing property in the Provincetown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
New 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 42.0553, -70.1871 near Provincetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 9 Wareham St (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Cemetery, House at 13 Wareham St, and House at 3 Standish Ave.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
New Cemetery on Cemetery Road in Provincetown was established in 1860 as the town's newer 19th-century burying ground, opened as Provincetown grew into one of the busiest fishing and whaling ports in New England. It is a contributing property in a National Register historic district and holds the graves of many of the mariners and their families who built the town's maritime economy. Its monuments reflect the Victorian styles that had replaced the plain colonial slates of Provincetown's older grounds.
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