About Old Church Burying Ground
Old Church Burying Ground is a church cemetery near Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 125 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2575868. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bicknell Family Tomb, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Inc. in Whitman, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 176 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.10221, -70.94826
What Old Church Burying Ground 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
- Bicknell Family TombAbington, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Nash Family Tomb CemeteryAbington, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Torrey Family Burying GroundAbington, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Island Grove CemeteryAbington, MACemetery0.9 mi
- High Street CemeteryWhitman, MA · est. 1805Cemetery1.2 mi
- Mount Vernon CemeteryAbington, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryWhitman, MA · est. 1740Cemetery1.3 mi
- Colebrook CemeteryWhitman, MA · est. 1828Cemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryRockland, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Adams Street Burying Ground Site (historical)Rockland, MACemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Old Church Burying Ground
- Quincy Memorials Inc1.1 miMonument dealer · Abington · (781) 337-9314
- Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Inc.1.2 miFuneral chapel · Whitman · (781) 447-0170
- MacKinnon Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Whitman · (781) 447-4141
- Quealy and Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service1.6 miFuneral home · Abington · (781) 878-2112
- Blanchard Funeral Chapel1.6 miFuneral chapel · Whitman · (781) 447-0170
- Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Rockland · (781) 878-1775
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