Truro is a small, rural community of lower Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts, at the "wrist" of Cape Cod. The Atlantic Ocean, Truro, the Cape Cod Bay and Provincetown border this quaint town of slightly over 2000 year round residents. It is 37 miles north of Hyannis and 106 miles southeast of Boston. Truro possesses beautiful beaches on Cape Cod Bay and magnificent beaches on the Atlantic Ocean. Truro's beaches, dunes and landscape of rolling hills are an attraction to tourists and vacationers. The permanent population includes fishermen, tradesmen and an ever-growing number of retirees. The town is home of the famous Cape Cod Light, Cape Cod's oldest lighthouse, which was first erected in 1797 and replaced by the current structure in 1857.

It is in Truro that the Pilgrims from the Mayflower found a spring from which they drew their first drink of water inthe new land, and where they found the cache of Indian corn that saved them from starvation. With over half of its land area within the Cape Cod National Seashore District, Truro residents are dedicated to preserving the special character of this seashore community.