About Northwest Cemetery
Northwest Cemetery is a cemetery near Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. It lies about 5.2 mi north of Athol. The grounds sit at about 846 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602409. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Sherborn Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home in Orange, about 4.8 mi away. It is one of 322 cemeteries we list in Worcester County, and 45 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, Athol. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.52101, -72.22666
What Northwest 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
- New Sherborn CemeteryAthol, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Fay CemeteryAthol, MACemetery1.8 mi
- West Street CemeteryPhillipston, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Branch CemeteryAthol, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Ellinwood CemeteryAthol, MACemetery2.7 mi
- East Street CemeteryPhillipston, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Coolidge CemeteryBarre, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Ledgeville CemeteryPhillipston, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Gethsemene CemeteryAthol, MACemetery4.3 mi
- Calvary CemeteryAthol, MACemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Northwest Cemetery
- Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 575-0575
- Mack Family Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Athol
- Fiske Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-6053
- Higgins O'Connor Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-4139
- Witty's Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 544-3160
- Pillsbury Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Barre · (978) 355-2243
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