A visit to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Lat: 42.0487° (42° 2' 55")
Lon: -70.0481° (-70° 2' 53")
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Plymouth County<2>.
The county seat for Plymouth County is located in Plymouth. Plymouth lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the west of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Snow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill of Churches Hills of Storms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill of Churches Hills of Storms Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill of Churches Hills of Storms Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hill of Churches Hills of Storms Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gifford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Provincetown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Town Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Town Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Winthrop Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chequessett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chequessett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chequessett Cemetery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<7>
- The Chequessett Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chequessett Cemetery is located in Wellfleet.
- The Chequessett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chequessett Neck Cemetery
- Early Meeting House Cemetery
- First Meeting House Cemetery
- Taylor Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2230356 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Oakdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
- The Oakdale Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- The Oakdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Dale Cemetery
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #WLF.804 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2574995 <5>
- Pleasant Hill / Oakdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill / Oakdale Cemetery
- The Pleasant Hill / Oakdale Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- The Pleasant Hill / Oakdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Duck Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Wellfleet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery
- The Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Eastham.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #EAS.801 <6>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91711 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Soldiers Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soldiers Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soldiers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Soldiers Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Bridge Road Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- North Truro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Truro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Truro
- North Truro is located in Barnstable County
- Pond Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Village
- Pond Village is located in Barnstable County
- Truro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Truro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truro
- Truro is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people
- South Truro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Truro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Truro
- South Truro is located in Barnstable County
- Provincetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Provincetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provincetown
- Provincetown is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,957 people
- Wellfleet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellfleet
- Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- South Wellfleet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Wellfleet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wellfleet
- South Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
- North Eastham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Eastham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Eastham
- North Eastham is located in Barnstable County
- Thumpertown Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thumpertown Beach
- Thumpertown Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Eastham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Eastham is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
- Orleans
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- East Orleans
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orleans
- East Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Brewster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
- Brewster is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
- South Orleans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Orleans
- South Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- East Dennis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dennis
- East Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- West Brewster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Brewster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brewster
- West Brewster is located in Barnstable County
- Dennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Plymouth County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chatham
- Harwich
- Provincetown
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Plymouth County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #602576 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #602576 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: North Truro
- County: Plymouth Elev: 0
- Location given for GNIS #602576 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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 Plymouth, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0487, Longitude: -70.0481 In this case, the coordinates for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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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<7> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
<8> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |