About Pierce Cemetery
Pierce Cemetery is a cemetery near Cornish, Cumberland County, Maine. It lies about 2.6 mi west of Cornish. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Edward N. Whittier and Anne Longfellow Pierce. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 573306. The nearest other listed cemetery is Flint Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Poitras, Neal & York Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Cornish, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 404 cemeteries we list in Cumberland County, and 143 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cumberland County dates to 1658. 2 of the 404 listings in Cumberland County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cornish. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pierce Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Edward N. Whittier1840-1902American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Anne Longfellow Pierce1810-1901
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pierce 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
43.81020, -70.75047
What Pierce 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
- Flint CemeteryCornish, MECemetery1.0 mi
- Dunn Nason Guptill CemeteryCornish, MECemetery1.1 mi
- Weeman CemeteryCornish, MECemetery1.1 mi
- Bickford Dyer CemeteryCornish, MECemetery1.2 mi
- Emerson - Thorne CemeterySteep Falls, MECemetery1.4 mi
- Cole CemeteryCornish, MECemetery1.8 mi
- Jarrett Family CemeteryCornish, MEFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Larrabee CemeterySteep Falls, MECemetery2.0 mi
- Brown CemeterySteep Falls, MECemetery2.1 mi
- West Baldwin CemeteryCornish, MECemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Pierce Cemetery
- Poitras, Neal & York Funeral Home & Cremation Services3.0 miFuneral home · Cornish · (207) 625-3221
- Chad E. Poitras Cremation & Funeral Service13 miFuneral home · Buxton · (207) 929-3723
- Hall Funeral Home Inc15 miFuneral home · Casco · (207) 627-4538
- Dolby Funeral Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Windham · (207) 892-6342
- Dolby Funeral Chapel18 miFuneral chapel · Gorham · (207) 839-4270
- Wood Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Fryeburg
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