A visit to the Freeman 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 Freeman Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Freeman Cemetery:
41.7484, -70.4772
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Freeman Cemetery is located in Barnstable County<2>.
The county seat for Barnstable County is located in Barnstable. Barnstable lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Freeman Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Freeman Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Freeman Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Freeman Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bay View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Old Town Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Town Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Sandwich.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1115453 <6>
- Cedarville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saddle & Pilgrim Graves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sagamore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tobey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forestdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Percival Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedarville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Goodspeed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Goodspeed Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspeed Cemetery
- The Goodspeed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wakeby Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #SDW.815 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91026 <6>
- Oakland Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Old Bourne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Attaquin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Attaquin Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attaquin Cemetery
- The Attaquin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Attaquin Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAS.801 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129622 <6>
- Marstons Mills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crocker Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Savery Cemetery is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savery Cemetery
- Gray Gables Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Gray Gables Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables Cemetery
- Monument Neck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monument Beach Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Massachusetts National Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Massachusetts National Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massachusetts National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Massachusetts National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Pocasset.
- The Massachusetts National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bourne National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109426 <6>
- Coombs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Coombs Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coombs Cemetery
- The Coombs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avant - Coombs Burial Ground
- Coombs Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #MAS.802 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2498867 <6>
- Crocker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Freeman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Freeman Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- East Sandwich
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- Plowed Neck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- Sandwich
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- Sagamore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
- Forestdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Sagamore Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Mashpee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
- West Barnstable
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barnstable
- Bourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Monument Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Marstons Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marstons Mills is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstons Mills
- Barnstable Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Buzzards Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Pocasset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- White Island Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
- Cataumet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
- Hatchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
- Mashpee Neck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mashpee Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee Neck
- Cotuit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cotuit is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotuit
- Osterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osterville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterville
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Barnstable
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable
- Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
- Barnstable has also been known as:
- Barnstable Village
- Cobbs Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cobbs Village is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs Village
- Onset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Onset is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
- North Falmouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- Craigville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craigville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- East Wareham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
- Onset Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Onset Station is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset Station
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 Freeman Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barnstable County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Freeman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barnstable
- Bourne
- Mashpee
- Sandwich
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Freeman 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 Freeman Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #602005 (Freeman Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #602005 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: 15 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sandwich
- Location given for Freeman Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7484401 Lon: -70.4772492
- 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- Freeman 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.
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| <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. |