About Provincetown Cemetery
Provincetown Cemetery is a cemetery near Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Norman Mailer, Mary Heaton Vorse and Donald Baxter MacMillan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2513731. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gately Funeral Home in Provincetown, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Barnstable County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 116 listings in Barnstable County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Provincetown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Provincetown Cemetery
Among them: 4 artists, 4 writers, 2 actors, 2 journalists, 1 physician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 World War II veteran.
- Norman Mailer1923-2007American writer
- Mary Heaton Vorse1874-1966American journalist
- Donald Baxter MacMillan1874-1970American explorer and sailor
- Dorothy Lake Gregory1893-1975American artist; etcher, illustrator, oil painter
- Henrik Major1889-1948Hungarian-American caricaturist
- Norris Church Mailer1949-2010American writer; widow of Norman Mailer
- Miriam MacMillan1905-1987American sailor and photographer
- Ella Freeman Birge1857-1923American physician
- Nathan Halper1907-1983American author, translator, and art dealer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Provincetown Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Provincetown Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Hamilton CemeteryProvincetown, MACemetery0.1 mi
- Gifford CemeteryProvincetown, MACemetery0.1 mi
- Roach Family PlotProvincetown, MAFamily cemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryProvincetown, MACemetery0.2 mi
- Winthrop Street CemeteryProvincetown, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Pest House CemeteryProvincetown, MAChurch cemetery0.5 mi
- Old North CemeteryTruro, MACemetery6.3 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryTruro, MACemetery7.8 mi
- Methodist CemeteryTruro, MAMethodist cemetery7.8 mi
- Snow CemeteryTruro, MACemetery7.9 mi
Funeral homes near Provincetown Cemetery
- Gately Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Provincetown
- Nickerson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Wellfleet · (508) 349-3441
- Davis Funeral & Cremation22 miCremation provider · Plymouth · (508) 224-2252
- Nickerson Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Orleans · (508) 255-0259
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- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.