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A contributing property in the Northside Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Historical Marker
Yarmouth to Provincetown Mile Marker
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About this site
Yarmouth to Provincetown Mile Marker is a historical marker in Yarmouth, 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 41.7037, -70.2527 near Yarmouth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ryder House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hallet, Nathan House, Davies House, and Hallet, F. House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Yarmouth to Provincetown Mile Marker on Route 6A, dated to about 1920, marks distance along the old King's Highway that runs the length of Cape Cod's north shore. It is a contributing object in a National Register historic district, recalling the long tradition of mile markers guiding travel down the Cape.
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