About Branch Cemetery
Branch Cemetery is a cemetery near Athol, Franklin County, Massachusetts. It lies about 4.9 mi northeast of Athol. The grounds sit at about 558 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602448. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fay Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home in Orange, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 139 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Franklin County dates to 1760. 1 of the 139 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athol. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.53372, -72.27411
What Branch 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
- Fay CemeteryAthol, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Northwest CemeteryAthol, MACemetery2.6 mi
- South CemeteryOrange, MACemetery2.7 mi
- New Sherborn CemeteryAthol, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Gethsemene CemeteryAthol, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Ellinwood CemeteryAthol, MACemetery3.5 mi
- Center CemeteryWendell, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Holtshire CemeteryOrange, MACemetery3.7 mi
- West Street CemeteryPhillipston, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Central CemeteryOrange, MACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Branch Cemetery
- Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 575-0575
- Mack Family Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Athol
- Witty's Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 544-3160
- Higgins O'Connor Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-4139
- Fiske Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-6053
- Pillsbury Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Barre · (978) 355-2243
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