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A visit to the Foster Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Foster Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Foster Cemetery:

41.7696, -70.0647

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Foster Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Foster Cemetery is located in Barnstable County<2>.

The county seat for Barnstable County is located in Barnstable. Barnstable lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Foster Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Foster Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Foster Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Foster Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Brewster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • The Brewster Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Cemetery
    • The Brewster Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Brewster Lower Road Cemetery
    • Lower Road Cemetery
    • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BRE.806 <5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90810 <6>
  • Crosby Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Crosby Family Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crosby Family Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Brewster.
    • The Crosby Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crosby Family Cemetery
    • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BRE.801 <5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199860 <6>
  • Brewster Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Brewster Memorial Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brewster Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Brewster.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297198 <6>
  • Red Top Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dillingham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ouivett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Ouivett Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouivett Cemetery
  • Quivet Neck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Quivet Neck Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quivet Neck Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quivet Neck Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of East Dennis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91406 <6>
  • Homer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Homer Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Cemetery
  • Sears Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Orleans Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Paddock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kelley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Kelley Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kelley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Harwich.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181488 <6>
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Island Pond Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Harding Ryder Gravesite
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cove Burying Ground
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridge Road Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Corporation Beach Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hall Family Burial Ground
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nobscusset Indian Burial Ground
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dennis Village Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bassett Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Bassett Family Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Family Cemetery
      • The Bassett Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bassett Burial Plot
      • Bassett Family Burial Ground
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #CHA.813 <5>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2202649 <6>
    • Chatham Old Burying Ground
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Queen Anne Cemetery South
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Old North / South Cemeteries
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Queen Anne Cemetery North
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Soldiers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Soldiers Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Cemetery
    • Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Foster Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Foster Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Brewster
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Brewster is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
  • West Brewster
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Brewster is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brewster
  • South Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • South Orleans is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orleans
  • East Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • East Orleans is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orleans
  • Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Orleans is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
  • East Dennis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • East Dennis is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dennis
  • North Harwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • North Harwich is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Harwich
  • Harwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Harwich is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,144 people
  • East Harwich
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • East Harwich is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harwich
  • South Harwich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • South Harwich is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harwich
  • South Chatham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • South Chatham is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
  • Chatham Port
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chatham Port is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Port
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Thumpertown Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Thumpertown Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumpertown Beach
    • Dennis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Dennis is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
    • South Dennis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Dennis is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
    • Dennis Port
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dennis Port is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Port
    • West Harwich
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • West Harwich is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harwich
    • Harwich Port
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Harwich Port is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwich Port
    • West Chatham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • West Chatham is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chatham
    • North Chatham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Chatham is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
    • Eastham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastham is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
    • North Eastham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • North Eastham is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Eastham
    • Chatham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatham is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,994 people
    • Yarmouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,166 people
    • South Yarmouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • South Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yarmouth
    • West Dennis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Dennis is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dennis

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Foster Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barnstable County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Foster Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Foster Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Barnstable County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Foster Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #602510  (Foster Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #602510 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Barnstable
      • Est. Elev: 11 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Harwich
      • Location given for Foster Cemetery:
      • Lat: 41.7695536     Lon: -70.0647405
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foster Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

    When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

    <6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.