About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.6 mi southwest of Bridgewater. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Gordon M. Craig and William Henry Osborne. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600476. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Funeral Service Program At Cape Cod Community College in Bridgewater, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 142 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bridgewater. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 Korean War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Gordon M. Craig1929-1950United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- William Henry Osborne1840-1910Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
42.00921, -70.95835
What Elmwood 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
- Old CemeteryEast Bridgewater, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Central CemeteryEast Bridgewater, MACemetery1.5 mi
- East Bridgewater CemeteryEast Bridgewater, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Trinity Church CemeteryBridgewater, MAChurch cemetery1.5 mi
- Jennings Hill CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.6 mi
- First CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Pratt Town CemeteryBridgewater, MAMunicipal cemetery1.7 mi
- First Roman Catholic CemeteryBridgewater, MACatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- First Saint Thomas Aquinas CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Thomas CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Funeral Service Program At Cape Cod Community College1.4 miFuneral home · Bridgewater · (508) 375-5037
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations1.5 miFuneral home · East Bridgewater · (508) 378-4826
- Russell and Pica Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · West Bridgewater · (508) 586-1700
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations1.8 miFuneral home · Bridgewater · (508) 697-4332
- Blanchard Funeral Chapel5.1 miFuneral chapel · Whitman · (781) 447-0170
- MacKinnon Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Whitman · (781) 447-4141
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