About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.5 mi southwest of Arlington. The grounds sit at about 46 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including Mary Carew, Amos Dolbear and Webster Wells. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 603161. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Keefe Funeral Home in Arlington, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 162 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Arlington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 architects, 2 business leaders, 2 scientists, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 baseball player.
- Mary Carew1913-2002Athletics competitor
- Amos Dolbear1837-1910American physicist
- Webster Wells1851-1916American mathematician
- Arthur Daniel Healey1889-1948United States federal judge
- Tom Daly1891-1946Canadian baseball player
- Baxter Edwards Perry1826-1906American politician in Massachusetts
- Henry Jackson Wells Dam1856-1906American playwright and journalist
- Bob Margarita1920-2008American football player and coach
- Leland T. Powers1857-1920American academic
- Peter Chardon Brooks1767-1849American businessman
- William C. Wait1860-1935American judge
- Benjamin Franklin Hayes1834-1901Politician in Massachusetts, US
Show all 23 notable burials
- Charles Currier Beale1864-1909American stenographer
- Dorothy Dorr1867-1940American actress
- Edwin Francis Edgett1867-1946American writer and editor
- James Walker Tufts1835-1902American businessman
- Joseph S. G. Sweatt1843-1914
- William H. Murray1876-1923United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Blanchard Dunham1869-1966
- Mary Frances Blaisdell1874-1950American writer
- Michael Andrew Dyer1886-1954
- Sarah Lawrence1845-1915American photographer (born 1845)
- William B. Lawrence1856-1928Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
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What Oak Grove 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
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryArlington, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Prince Hall CemeteryTufts University, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Old Burying GroundArlington, MACemetery1.4 mi
- St. Paul's Catholic CemeteryTufts University, MACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Veterans’ Memorial CemeteryTufts University, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Salem Street Burying GroundMedford, MACemetery1.7 mi
- Wildwood CemeteryWinchester, MACemetery1.8 mi
- North Cambridge Catholic CemeteryWest Somerville/Davis Square, MACatholic cemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryMalden, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Calvary CemeteryWoburn, MACemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Keefe Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Arlington · (781) 648-5544
- Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Medford · (781) 395-0128
- Rogers And Hutchins Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Arlington
- Costello Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Winchester · (781) 729-1730
- Lane Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Winchester · (781) 729-2580
- DeVito Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Arlington · (781) 643-5610
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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