About Amherst Cemetery
Amherst Cemetery is a cemetery near Old Town, Hancock County, Maine. It lies about 15 mi northwest of Old Town. The grounds sit at about 230 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 561240. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hadley Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Birmingham Funeral Home in Old Town, about 14 mi away. It is one of 268 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Old Town. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
44.83779, -68.37944
What Amherst 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
- Hadley CemeteryOrono, MECemetery1.7 mi
- Aurora CemeteryOld Town, MECemetery2.3 mi
- Penny CemeteryOrono, MECemetery4.0 mi
- Frost CemeteryEllsworth, MECemetery5.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryOrono, MECemetery6.6 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryOrono, MECemetery7.5 mi
- Pyles CemeteryEllsworth, MECemetery8.1 mi
- Hillside CemeteryFranklin, MECemetery8.2 mi
- Great Pond CemeteryOld Town, MECemetery8.9 mi
- Tannery Hill CemeteryEllsworth, MECemetery9.2 mi
Funeral homes near Amherst Cemetery
- Birmingham Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Old Town · (207) 827-6369
- Kiley & Foley Funeral Service19 miFuneral home · Brewer · (207) 989-3311
- Downeast Direct Cremation19 miCremation provider · Bangor · (207) 225-5332
- Brewer Chapel Of Brookings-smith19 miFuneral chapel · Brewer · (207) 989-7970
- Brookings-Smith Brewer Chapel19 miFuneral home · Brewer
- Simple Cremation of Maine19 miCremation provider · Bangor · (207) 945-4788
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