A visit to the New Town Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the New Town Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The New Town Cemetery (FG ID #2174319).
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 New Town Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the New Town Cemetery:
41.2722, -70.0953
The New Town Cemetery is located in Nantucket County<2>.
The county seat for Nantucket County is located in Nantucket. Nantucket lies just to the north northwest of the New Town Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the New Town Cemetery.
Name Variations for New Town Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
New Town Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newtown Cemetery
- Old South Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the New Town Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from New Town Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Old Town Cemetery is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Cemetery
- Old North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Old North Cemetery is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Cemetery
- New Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The New Town Cemetery is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town Cemetery
- The New Town Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newtown Cemetery
- Old Settlers Graves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Settlers Graves is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Settlers Graves
- Polpis Burying Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Polpis Burying Ground is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polpis Burying Ground
- Town Hill Burying Ground
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Westside Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- The New Westside Cemetery is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Westside Cemetery
- Westside Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- The Westside Cemetery is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Cemetery
- Baker Family Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Memorial Wall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake Cemetery Annex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bass River Bapist Church Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Neck Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Dukes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Dennis Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- The South Dennis Cemetery is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis Cemetery
- Georgetown Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chandler Gray Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Federated Church of Hyannis Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Xaviers Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seamens Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chief Squanto Memorial Marker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bassett Family Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Island Pond Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kelley Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the New Town Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from New Town Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nantucket
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pocomo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Siasconset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Siasconset is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siasconset
- Katama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Edgartown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bass River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Yarmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hyannis Port
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Hyannisport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Hyannisport is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hyannisport
- West Harwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Harwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Harwich
- South Harwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Harwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harwich
- Harwich Port
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dennis Port
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Bluffs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Dennis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dennis
- South Yarmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yarmouth
- Hyannis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Craigville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craigville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Osterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osterville is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterville
- West Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Chatham is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chatham
- South Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Chatham is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Harwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Popponesset Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Popponesset Island is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popponesset Island
- Popponesset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Popponesset is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popponesset
- Maushop Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maushop Village is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maushop Village
- New Seabury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Seabury is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Seabury
- South Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- South Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South 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 New Town Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nantucket County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The New Town Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 New Town Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Nantucket 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 New Town Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2174319
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1974763 (New Town Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1974763 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: Nantucket
- Est. Elev: 8 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nantucket
- Location given for New Town Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.27179 Lon: -70.0952937
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Nantucket, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Town 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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