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A visit to the Old 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 Old Town Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Town Cemetery (FG ID #1115453).

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 Old Town Cemetery ...

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

41.7555, -70.5009

The Old Town Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Sandwich.

The cemetery is located in Barnstable County<2>.

The county seat for Barnstable County is located in Barnstable. Barnstable lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Old Town Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Old Town Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Old Town Cemetery.<4>

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

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 Old Town Cemetery.

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

  • Sandwich
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sagamore
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
  • East Sandwich
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Plowed Neck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sagamore Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
  • Forestdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bourne
    (5 miles [8 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
  • Buzzards Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
  • Pocasset
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mashpee
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • White Island Shores
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
    • Cataumet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
    • Marstons Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnstable Town
      (8 miles [12.9 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
    • East Wareham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
    • Onset
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • North Falmouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
    • Hatchville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Onset Station
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Silver Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Mashpee Neck
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Mashpee Neck is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee Neck
    • Cotuit
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cotuit is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotuit
    • Osterville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Osterville is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterville
    • Centerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Old Town Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barnstable County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Old Town 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 Old Town Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1115453

    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 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- Old 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.