About Benson Cemetery
Benson Cemetery is a cemetery near Tremont, Hancock County, Maine. It lies about 1.3 mi north of Tremont. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2730124. The nearest other listed cemetery is Crockett Point Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes in Mt-desert, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 268 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 76 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tremont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
44.23594, -68.36076
What Benson 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
- Crockett Point CemeteryTremont, MECemetery0.8 mi
- McKinley CemeteryTremont, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Rich CemeteryTremont, MECemetery1.0 mi
- Bernard CemeteryTremont, MECemetery1.0 mi
- Richtown CemeteryTremont, MECemetery1.2 mi
- Norwood CemeteryTremont, MECemetery1.3 mi
- Head of the Harbor CemeteryTremont, MECemetery1.5 mi
- Hillrest CemeteryTremont, MECemetery2.1 mi
- Pomroy CemeteryTremont, MECemetery2.6 mi
- Dolliver Family Burial GroundTremont, MEFamily cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Benson Cemetery
- Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes8.7 miFuneral home · Mt-desert · (207) 812-7090
- Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes21 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (207) 667-2521
- Bragdon-kelley Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (207) 546-2435
- Acadia Burial & Cremation Direct22 miCremation provider · Ellsworth · (207) 664-0007
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