About Mount Prospect Cemetery
Mount Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 131 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Artemas Hale, Edgar Parker and Caleb Francis Leonard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599685. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Bridgewater, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 147 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 Mount Prospect Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 US representative.
- Artemas Hale1783-1882American politician
- Edgar Parker1840-1892American artist
- Caleb Francis Leonard1778-1840
- David Leonard1734-1813
- Maria Huenor Bartlett Dyke1869-1948American botanical collector
- Mary Hall Leonard1750-1839
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Prospect 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
41.99029, -70.98366
What Mount Prospect 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 Saint Thomas Aquinas CemeteryBridgewater, MACatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- First CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery0.6 mi
- First Roman Catholic CemeteryBridgewater, MACatholic cemetery0.6 mi
- First Saint Thomas Aquinas CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Thomas CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Trinity Church CemeteryBridgewater, MAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Scotland CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Conant Street CemeteryBridgewater, MACemetery1.9 mi
- South St CemeteryWest Bridgewater, MACemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Prospect Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations0.5 miFuneral home · Bridgewater · (508) 697-4332
- Funeral Service Program At Cape Cod Community College1.0 miFuneral home · Bridgewater · (508) 375-5037
- Russell and Pica Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · West Bridgewater · (508) 586-1700
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations3.1 miFuneral home · East Bridgewater · (508) 378-4826
- George Lopes Funeral Home By Driven6.0 miFuneral home · Brockton · (774) 517-5416
- Kane Funeral Home & Cremation Services6.3 miFuneral home · South Easton · (508) 238-4269
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