About Chester Cemetery
Chester Cemetery is a cemetery near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. It lies about 0.7 mi southeast of Chestertown. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including George Vickers, James Pearce and Ezekiel F. Chambers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 583735. The nearest other listed cemetery is James Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home in Chestertown, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chestertown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chester Cemetery
Among them: 3 US senators, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- George Vickers1801-1879American politician
- James Pearce1805-1862American politician
- Ezekiel F. Chambers1788-1867American politician
- Thomas Ringgold IV1715-1772Maryland slave trader, merchant and revolutionary
- George A. Hanson1830-1879America lawyer and author
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chester 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
39.21685, -76.07367
What Chester 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
- James CemeteryChestertown, MDCemetery2.1 mi
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church CemeteryChestertown, MDChristian cemetery4.1 mi
- Bond Chapel CemeteryChestertown, MDChristian cemetery4.5 mi
- Thomas CemeteryKingstown, MDCemetery4.6 mi
- Joshua Chapel UMC CemeteryChestertown, MDChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Hynson Chapel CemeteryChestertown, MDChurch cemetery4.8 mi
- Fountain CemeteryChestertown, MDChristian cemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryChestertown, MDCemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryChestertown, MDChristian cemetery5.1 mi
- Worton Union ME Church CemeteryChestertown, MDChurch cemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Chester Cemetery
- Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Chestertown · (410) 778-0055
- Smith Bennie Funeral Homes0.3 miFuneral home · Chestertown · (410) 778-2161
- Fellows Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home PA0.5 miFuneral home · Chestertown · (410) 778-2772
- Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Centreville · (410) 758-1151
- Fellows Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Millington · (410) 928-5311
- Galena Funeral Home of Stephen L Schaech13 miFuneral home · Galena · (410) 648-5338
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