About New Cemetery
New Cemetery is a cemetery near Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 1,181 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Col. Joseph Parker Rice and Wilbur Fisk Whitney. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602275. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fairbanks Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mack Family Funeral Homes in Gardner, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 322 cemeteries we list in Worcester County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 9 of the 322 listings in Worcester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ashburnham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at New Cemetery
- Col. Joseph Parker Rice1821-1862American military officer
- Wilbur Fisk Whitneyborn 1839Politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1839)
People whose Wikidata entry gives New 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
42.63199, -71.91694
What New 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
- Fairbanks CemeteryAshburnham, MACemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Dennis CemeteryAshburnham, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Denis CemeteryAshburnham, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Whitmanville CemetaryWestminster, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Hartwell CemeteryFitchburg, MACemetery4.9 mi
- Old Burying GroundGardner, MACemetery5.0 mi
- Crystal Lake CemeteryGardner, MACemetery5.2 mi
- West CemeteryAshby, MACemetery5.3 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryAshby, MACemetery5.8 mi
- First Parish Burial GroundNew Ipswich Road, Ashby, MAChristian cemetery5.9 mi
Funeral homes near New Cemetery
- Mack Family Funeral Homes5.2 miFuneral home · Gardner · (978) 632-0158
- John H Mack Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Gardner · (978) 632-0313
- Boucher Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Gardner · (978) 632-0203
- Family Memorials5.8 miMonument dealer · Gardner · (978) 730-9036
- Poliks Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Gardner · (978) 632-0304
- Aubuchon-Moorcroft Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Fitchburg · (978) 342-2355
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