Old Burying Ground in Arlington, Massachusetts

Old Burying Ground is a cemetery near Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Samuel Whittemore, Anna Margaretha de Neufville Stoughton and James Perkins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2755405. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Keefe Funeral Home in Arlington, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 159 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.

Among them: 1 Revolutionary War veteran.

• Samuel Whittemore1696-1793
  Oldest soldier in the American Revolution
• Anna Margaretha de Neufville Stoughtondied 1837
• James Perkins1761-1822
  Boston merchant
• Juan Stoughton1734-1820
  Spanish consul in Boston, 1734-1820
• Samuel Cooke1709-1783
  Pastor of the Second Church of Cambridge, 1709-1783

People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Burying Ground 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.

• Mount Pleasant Cemetery

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Prince Hall Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery

  West Somerville/Davis Square, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Highland Meadow Cemetery

  Belmont, MA · est. 2005
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Belmont Cemetery

  Watertown, MA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Salem Street Burying Ground

  Medford, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Robbins Cemetery

  Lexington, MA · est. 1784
  Municipal cemetery

  2.6 mi

• Keefe Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Arlington · (781) 648-5544
  0.3 mi
• Rogers And Hutchins Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Arlington
  0.6 mi
• DeVito Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Arlington · (781) 643-5610
  1.1 mi
• George L Doherty Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Somerville · (617) 625-4320
  2.1 mi
• Keefe Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 547-5544
  2.2 mi
• Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Medford · (781) 395-0128
  2.2 mi

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