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Historical Markers in Wellfleet

 
Clickable Map of Barnstable County, Massachusetts and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Barnstable County, MA (366) Bristol County, MA (273) Dukes County, MA (47) Plymouth County, MA (257)  BarnstableCounty(366) Barnstable County (366)  BristolCounty(273) Bristol County (273)  DukesCounty(47) Dukes County (47)  PlymouthCounty(257) Plymouth County (257)
Barnstable is the county seat for Barnstable County
Wellfleet is in Barnstable County
Barnstable County (366)  ►
ADJACENT TO BARNSTABLE COUNTY
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1 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Cape Cod National Sea Shore Marconi Beach —
On Marconi Beach Road.
Cape Cod National Seashore was set aside to preserve its natural and cultural resources. Opportunities to explore and experience these resources abound, and we ask that you do so in ways that will leave them unimpaired. Regulations have been . . . — — Map (db m107901) HM
2 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Duck Creek Cemetery —
On U.S. 6.
Once known as "Old Town Cemetery" A second Congregational Meeting house was built here in 1740 and a burial ground was laid out In the front section is a fenced memorial monument "Erected to the memory of Wellfleet Heros" by the Ladies Soldiers Aid . . . — — Map (db m290518) HM
3 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Hamblen Park —
On East Commercial Street close to Whit’s Lane, on the left when traveling east.
At the 1931 town meeting Wellfleet voted to "accept as a gift from Mr. Arthur T. Hopkins and family the land known as Hamblen Island or Cannon Hill, to be held by the Town of Wellfleet forever as a public park." The hill overlooks Duck . . . — — Map (db m222833) HM
4 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Marconi Wireless Station
Near Marconi Station Road. Reported missing.
Here stood one of the world’s greatest pioneer radio stations, Marconi’s South Wellfleet wireless, or “Old CC.” Unfortunately, the historic station was dismantled and abandoned in 1920, and the ocean has eroded away over half the land . . . — — Map (db m141102) HM
5 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Timothy Daniels House —
On East Commercial Street near Whit’s Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Timothy Daniels House, (Uncle Tim) has been listed in the Wellfleet Village National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Erected in 1824 — — Map (db m222832) HM
6 ► Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Wellfleet — Transatlantic Triumph
On Marconi Station Road. Reported missing.
Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmitted wireless telegraph signals as early is 1890 – between tin plates mounted on post in his father’s garden in Italy. He was only sixteen years old. Inspired by short range successes, Marconi . . . — — Map (db m141101) HM
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026