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United States Massachustts Barnstable County Truro

Town of Truro in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

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Establishment and former town name(s)

Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts WorldCat 49562661 ▲ FHL Collection

16 July 1709: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Pawmett", to "... be called by the name of Truroe..." (Prov. Laws, Vol. I, p. 642)

Archiac name: Dangerfield, Meeshaum, Pawmett, Tashmuit

Section/Villages within the town: Beach Point, Castle Village, Corn Hill, Dyer's Hollow, Harding's Hollow, Head Pamet, Higgins Hollow, High Head Highland, Highland Light, Hogsback, Neck, North Truro, Pond Village, South Truro, The Castle, Truro Center, Truro Station, Whitmanville.

Boundary Changes

21 October 1714: Bounds between Truro and Province Lands established.

12 June 1813: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.

2 March 1829: Part annexed to Provincetown and bounds established.

30 March 1836: Part annexed to Provincetown.

22 February 1837: Bounds between Truro and Wellfleet established.

Neighboring Towns

Provincetown | Wellfleet | Cape Cod Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the east

Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Ball (1923)

in the woods at the end of Higgins Hollow Rd

Cobb Family (1779)

in the woods off Old County Rd
South Truro

H. Doane Grave Site (1781)

off Savage Rd

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

First Congregational Parish (1813)

Town Hall Rd

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

Methodist Cemetery (1810)

Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

New South (1994)

Old County Rd

Old North aka First Church of Christ (1713)

Rte. 6 and Aldrich Rd, near Provincetown town line

• Inscriptions from gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. from 1713 to 1840 FHL Collection
• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

Pine Grove (1796)

off County Rd
South Truro

• • Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

Benjamin Rich Family (1780)

in the woods off Holsberry Rd

T. Ridley Gravesite (1776)

in the woods off Rte. 6

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

William and Miriam Rollins (1925)

near Pilgrim Lake

Sacred Heart (1868)

Bridge and Meetinghouse Rds

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

Snow (1817)

Bridge Rd

• Truro cemeteries FHL Collection

South Pamet

South Pamet Rd

Church History and Records

Congregational

• First Congregational Church FHL Collection

Directories

• Bourne (Massachusetts) city directories FHL Collection

Genealogy

• Register of some early Provincetown and Truro (Provincetown related) families : covering a period from the early 1700's through 1850 plus) FHL Collection

History

• Truro - Cape Cod, or, Land marks and sea marks FHL Collection

Land and Property

• Proprietors' records, 1696-1800 FHL Collection
• Truro, Massachusetts marks of cattle from the original records, 1710-1768 FHL Collection

Maps

1. USGS GNIS FID 618260
2. Google
3. Hometown Locator

Newspapers

Town Records

• Town records, 1709-1783, 1844-1870 FHL Collection
• Records of town meetings, votes, births, marriages, deaths; 1709-1783
• Records of town meetings, roads, intentions of marriage; 1844-1870

Vital Records

• Town records, births, marriages and intentions, and deaths, ca. 1771-1847 FHL Collection
• Truro, Massachusetts computer printout, births early to 1850 FHL Collection
• Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 FHL Collection book
• Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 FHL Collection fiche

Marriages

• Marriage records of Truro (Barnstable County) in Massachusetts, 1850-1899 FHL Collection fiche

Deaths

• Deaths in Truro, Cape Cod, 1786-1826: taken from the diary of Rev. Jude Damon FHL Collection ▲ FamilySearch Books Online

Societies, Libraries and Museums

• Mayflower descendant legacy FHL Collection
  Note: the record is available online if visiting Family History Library. Mayflower Descendant Magazine, vols. 1-34 (1899-1937) -- Pilgrim notes and queries, vol. 1-5 (1913-1917) -- Bowman's vital records of Brewster (Barnstable Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Halifax (Plymouth Co.), Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's vital records of Truro (Barnstable Co.) Ma. - to 1850 -- Bowman's Yarmouth cemetery records -- B.N. Derick's cemetery records of Dennis, Ma. -- Falmouth, Ma. vital records index -- Wellfleet cemetery records.

Websites

References

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