Historical Marker

Snow Cemetery - Shaw, Capt. Thomas W. Stone

Truro · Barnstable County

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About this site

Snow Cemetery - Shaw, Capt. Thomas W. Stone is a historical marker in Truro, 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 41.9977, -70.0554 near Truro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Snow Cemetery - Waugh, Frederick Marker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Snow Cemetery - Muller, Jan Stone, Snow Cemetery - Knowles, Daniel A. Stone, and Snow Cemetery - Boogar, William Stone.

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

History

This marble marker of about 1882 commemorates Capt. Thomas W. Shaw in Truro's Snow Cemetery. The 'Capt.' title reflects Truro's deep maritime tradition, when many of its men commanded fishing and merchant vessels out of Cape Cod ports; the stone is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.

📍 41.9977, -70.0554 · Truro, Barnstable County

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