Pine Grove Cemetery (Truro, Massachusetts)

Pine Grove Cemetery
Location Truro, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°58′34″N 70°3′34″W / 41.97611°N 70.05944°WCoordinates: 41°58′34″N 70°3′34″W / 41.97611°N 70.05944°W
Area 2.153 acres (0.871 ha)
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference #

13000096

[1]
Added to NRHP March 20, 2013

The Pine Grove Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Truro, Massachusetts. The cemetery was established in 1799; it is located on Cemetery Road in a remote area of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Originally established by Truro's Methodists, the cemetery was located near a church which has not survived. The cemetery is surrounded by a fence made of granite posts connected by iron rails. Access to its interior is via a gravel roadway that roughly bisects the property from east to west; there is also a grassy path to a pedestrian gate on the south side. Burials in the cemetery date from 1799 to the recent past.[2]

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

The cemetery's sign

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Pine Grove Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-02-22.