About Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery is a church cemetery near Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It lies about 3.3 mi west of Dover. The grounds sit at about 23 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Rachel Baker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 213984. The nearest other listed cemetery is Whatcoat Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evan W. Smith Funeral Services in Dover, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 62 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dover. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Rachel Baker1669-173117th-century correspondent of Quaker Phineas Pemberton, active circa 1683
People whose Wikidata entry gives Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Whatcoat CemeteryDover, DEMethodist cemetery3.1 mi
- Lakeside CemeteryDover, DECemetery3.3 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryDover, DEChristian cemetery3.6 mi
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church CemeteryDover, DEBaptist cemetery3.6 mi
- Moors CemeteryDover, DECemetery3.9 mi
- Sunset Memorial Gardens CemeteryDover, DEMemorial park4.4 mi
- Roby United Methodist CemeteryDover, DEMethodist cemetery5.1 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryCamden, DECemetery5.6 mi
- Sharon Hill CemeteryDover, DECemetery6.5 mi
- Amish CemeteryDover, DEMennonite and Amish cemetery6.7 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Evan W. Smith Funeral Services2.7 miFuneral home · Dover · (302) 526-4662
- Torbert Funeral Chapel Inc3.4 miFuneral chapel · Dover · (302) 734-9802
- Capital Crematorium3.4 miCremation provider · Dover · (302) 734-3341
- Trader Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Dover · (302) 734-4620
- Michael J Ambruso Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Dover · (302) 734-2281
- Lloyd Memorials3.8 miMonument dealer · Dover · (302) 734-5300
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