West Cemetery in Amherst Center, Massachusetts

West Cemetery is a cemetery near Amherst Center, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 299 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Emily Dickinson, Edward Hitchcock and William Smith Clark. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601174. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wildwood Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Hampshire County, and 67 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hampshire County dates to 1743.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Amherst Center. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 5 writers, 3 scientists, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US representatives, 1 artist.

• Emily Dickinson1830-1886
  American poet
• Edward Hitchcock1793-1864
  United States geologist and Congregationalist clergyman
• William Smith Clark1826-1886
  American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher
• Hubert Lyman Clark1870-1947
  U.S. zoologist
• Orra White Hitchcock1796-1863
  American botanical artist
• Edward Dickinson1803-1874
  American politician from Massachusetts, father of Emily Dickinson
• Ebenezer Mattoon1755-1843
  American politician
• Lavinia Norcross Dickinson1833-1899
  Sister of Emily Dickinson
• Zephaniah Swift Moore1770-1823
  American academic administrator
• Emily Norcross Dickinson1804-1882
  Mother of Emily Dickinson
• Henry H. Goodell1839-1905
  Agronomist
• William Augustus Stearns1805-1876
  President of Amherst College

People whose Wikidata entry gives West 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.

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.

• Wildwood Cemetery

  Amherst Center, MA
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Saint Brigid's Cemetery

  Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Plainville Cemetery

  Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Holy Rosary Cemetery

  Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• North Cemetery

  North Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• South Cemetery

  South Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• North Hadley Cemetery

  Hatfield, MA
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Cemetery

  North Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Valley Cemetery

  Pelham, MA
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Russellville Cemetery

  North Amherst, MA
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi

• Douglass Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
  0.2 mi
• Drozdal Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Northampton · (413) 584-5306
  6.4 mi
• Czelusniak Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Northampton · (413) 584-3585
  6.6 mi
• Ahearn Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Northampton · (413) 587-0044
  7.0 mi
• Wrisley Funeral Home

  Funeral home · South Deerfield · (413) 665-4046
  7.4 mi
• Pease And Gay Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Northampton · (413) 584-0412
  7.6 mi

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