About Western Star Cemetery
Western Star Cemetery is a cemetery near Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Catonsville. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Alex Bradford. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 592352. The nearest other listed cemetery is Westview Park Memorial Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremation Services in Baltimore, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Baltimore County, and 112 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Baltimore County dates to 1903. 7 of the 116 listings in Baltimore County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Catonsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Western Star Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Alex Bradford1927-1978American musician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Western Star 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
39.28815, -76.72191
What Western Star 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
- Westview Park Memorial CemeteryCatonsville, MDCemetery1.1 mi
- Baltimore National CemeteryTen Hills, MDNational cemetery1.2 mi
- Eucharist CemeteryBeechfield, MDCemetery1.7 mi
- Al-Rahmah CemeteryWoodlawn, MDCemetery1.8 mi
- Lorraine Park CemeteryWoodlawn, MDCemetery1.9 mi
- Shaarei Tfiloh CemeteryWoodlawn, MDCemetery2.0 mi
- Beth Tfiloh CemeteryWoodlawn, MDCemetery2.0 mi
- Greek Orthodox CemeteryWoodlawn, MDOrthodox cemetery2.0 mi
- New Cathedral CemeteryRognel Heights, MD · est. 1871Catholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Loudon Park National CemeteryBeechfield, MDNational cemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Western Star Cemetery
- Cremation Services0.6 miCremation provider · Baltimore · (410) 744-5707
- Vaughn Greene Funeral Services0.6 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 233-2400
- Metro Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Catonsville · (410) 455-0100
- Cremation Society of Maryland1.1 miCremation provider · Catonsville · (410) 788-1800
- Mac Nabb Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Catonsville · (410) 747-4770
- Wylie Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Catonsville · (410) 258-6136
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