Highland Cemetery in Braintree, Massachusetts
About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 3.1 mi northwest of Braintree. It was established in 1751. The grounds sit at about 190 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600526. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nash Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - South in Weymouth, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 142 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
Highland Cemetery has colonial Puritan & Protestant graves
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Braintree. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.17411, -70.95709
What Highland 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
- Nash CemeteryWeymouth, MA · est. 1730Cemetery0.6 mi
- Lakeview CemeteryHolbrook, MA · est. 1732Christian cemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Olde CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Belcher CemeteryHolbrook, MA · est. 1811Cemetery1.6 mi
- Reed CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryRockland, MA · est. 1756Cemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Francis Xavier CemeteryWeymouth, MACatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Plain Street CemeteryBraintree, MAChurch cemetery2.5 mi
- Village CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - South0.2 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- C.C. Shepherd Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · South Weymouth · (781) 337-0050
- Neptune Cremation Service1.8 miCremation provider · Weymouth · (781) 886-8366
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - East3.0 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- Cartwright Funeral Homes3.0 miFuneral home · Holbrook · (781) 767-4116
- Hurley Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Holbrook · (781) 767-0020
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Frequently asked questions
Is Highland Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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