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Quick Facts
Establishment and former town name(s)
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].
7 January 1639: "the names of those to whom graunt of the lands at Mattacheeset, now called Yarmouth..." (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol I, p. 108)
Archiac name: Hokkanom, Mattacheeset, Nobscussett
Section/Villages within the town: Bass River, Camp Station, Hockanum, Middleton, Point Gammon, Pond Village, South Yarmouth, Town House, Weir Village, West Yarmouth, Yarmouth Farms, Yarmouthport, Yarmouth Village.
Wikipedia: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Boundary Changes
17 June 1641: Bounds between Yarmouth and Barnstable established.
11 March 1658: Yarmouth and Barnstable agreed upon bounds.
19 June 1793: Part established as Dennis
Neighboring Towns
Barnstable | Dennis | Cape Cod Bay to the north, Nantucket Sound to the south
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
Ancient Cemetery (ca. 1639)
Centre St, off Rte 6A
Yarmouthport
Bass River Baptist Cemetery (1813)
38 Old Main St., on the grounds of Bass River Community Baptist Church
South Yarmouth
Civil War Graves Site
(no gravestones)
off Union St., near Rte 6A
Eldredge-Matthews-Taylor Smallpox Cemetery (1796)
North Dennis Rd
Yarmouthport
Georgetown Cemetery (1820)
High Bank Rd, next to Bass River Golf Course
South Yarmouth
Chandler Gray Cemetery (1988)
161 Old Mill Way, at the end of Chandler Gray Rd
West Yarmouth
Gideon Gray Cemetery
near Wild Rose Terr, off Dinah's Pond
South Yarmouth
Methodist Cemetery (1812)
Willow St.
South Yarmouth
Pine Grove Cemetery (1820)
29 Station Ave
South Yarmouth
Quaker Cemetery (1811)
58 North Main St
South Yarmouth
Smallpox Cemetery
Bray Farm Rd, off Rte 6A
Yarmouthport
Smallpox Cemetery (1779)
Weir Rd, off Rte 6A
Yarmouthport
Taylor-Hall Smallpox Cemetery (1801)
located at the 13th hole of the Kings Way Golf Course
Rte 6A
Yarmouthport
Woodside Cemetery (1753)
West Yarmouth Rd and Rte 28
West Yarmouth
Yarmouth Indian Memorial Stone
Indian Memorial Dr.
Church History and Records
History
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Newspapers
Societies, Libraries and Museums
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