About Ancient Cemetery
Ancient Cemetery is a cemetery near Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Joseph T. Edgar, John Thacher and Paul Sears. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602528. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodside Cemetery Yarmouth Port, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hallett Funeral Home in South Yarmouth, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Barnstable County, and 50 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, Yarmouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ancient Cemetery
- Joseph T. Edgar1910-1990American politician
- John Thacher1639-1713
- Paul Sears1638-1708
- Timothy Alden1736-1828
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ancient 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
41.71122, -70.23280
What Ancient 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
- Woodside Cemetery Yarmouth PortYarmouth Port, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Howes Family CemeteryYarmouth, MAFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Cummaquid CemeteryBarnstable, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Dennis Village CemeteryEast Dennis, MAMunicipal cemetery2.8 mi
- Dennis Union Church CemeteryEast Dennis, MAChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Hall CemeteryEast Dennis, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Chandler Gray CemeteryWest Yarmouth, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Nobscusset Indian Burial GroundEast Dennis, MACemetery3.5 mi
- Cobbs Hill Cemetery EastBarnstable, MACemetery3.5 mi
- Cobbs Hill Cemetery WestBarnstable, MACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ancient Cemetery
- Hallett Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2285
- Morris, O'Connor & Blute Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2121
- Swan Song Burial4.0 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (339) 933-1816
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations8.2 miFuneral home · Harwich · (508) 432-6696
- John-Lawrence Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Marstons Mills · (508) 428-5704
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations11 miFuneral home · Marstons Mills
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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