Welcome to Pilgrim Heights ...
Pilgrim Heights is located on Cape Cod.
Pilgrim Heights is located in Barnstable County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Pilgrim Heights: Pilgrim Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Pilgrim Heights is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Pilgrim Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Pilgrim Heights: 508 & 774<3>
Communities Also Named Pilgrim Heights ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pilgrim Heights - it's located in Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pilgrim Heights.
Communities near Pilgrim Heights ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pilgrim Heights.
- Orleans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Eastham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eastham is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
- Provincetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Provincetown is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,957 people
- Wellfleet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,728 people
- Truro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Truro is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,007 people
- South Truro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Truro is located in Barnstable County
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- South Wellfleet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Wellfleet is located in Barnstable County
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- North Eastham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Eastham is located in Barnstable County
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- Thumpertown Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Thumpertown Beach is located in Barnstable County
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- Brewster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brewster is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,772 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pilgrim Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pilgrim Heights.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pilgrim Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pilgrim Heights.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pilgrim Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Pilgrim Heights.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilgrim Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Pilgrim Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Pilgrim Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |