About Westminster Cemetery
Westminster Cemetery is a cemetery near Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland. It lies about 0.6 mi northwest of Westminster. The grounds sit at about 784 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Frank Thomas Shaw, James Lowes Dawson and William Winchester. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1695926. The nearest other listed cemetery is Church of the Ascension Burial Ground, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Westminster, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Carroll County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 113 listings in Carroll County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Westminster. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Westminster Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Frank Thomas Shaw1841-1923American politician
- James Lowes Dawson1799-18791799-1879
- William Winchester1710-1790Surveyor in Colonial Maryland
People whose Wikidata entry gives Westminster 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
39.56926, -76.98692
What Westminster 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
- Church of the Ascension Burial GroundWestminster, MDChurch cemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery0.6 mi
- Potters Field CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery1.0 mi
- Ellsworth CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery1.3 mi
- Gist CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery1.7 mi
- Salem CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Benjamins Lutheran CemeteryWestminster, MDLutheran cemetery2.0 mi
- Meadow Branch CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery2.5 mi
- Warehime CemeteryWestminster, MDCemetery3.5 mi
- Western Chapel CemeteryWestminster, MDChurch cemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Westminster Cemetery
- Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.1 miFuneral home · Westminster · (410) 848-7575
- Joseph L Mathias Monuments0.2 miMonument dealer · Westminster · (410) 848-4600
- Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Westminster · (410) 848-3933
- Pritts Funeral Home & Chapel0.5 miFuneral home · Westminster · (410) 848-7533
- Tranquil Lilly Funeral Services2.6 miCremation provider · Westminster · (443) 595-4559
- Hartzler Funeral Home PA6.6 miFuneral home · New Windsor · (410) 635-2000
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