About Melrose Cemetery
Melrose Cemetery is a cemetery near Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.6 mi east of Brockton. The grounds sit at about 217 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including William Lewis Douglas, James Edgar and Joseph Patrick Ensko. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602690. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thayer Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Farley Funeral Home in Stoughton, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 170 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, Brockton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Melrose Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders, 1 governor.
- William Lewis Douglas1845-1924US businessman and politician, Massachusetts
- James Edgar1843-1909American businessman
- Joseph Patrick Ensko1931-2021(1931-2021) American police officer
- Hiram A. Monk1829-1901Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives Melrose 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
42.09313, -71.06683
What Melrose 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
- Thayer CemeteryBrockton, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Pride of Brockton CemeteryStoughton, MA · est. 1901Jewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Porter Family CemeteryStoughton, MA · est. 1808Family cemetery1.0 mi
- Marshall & Bird Cemetery c. 1819Stoughton, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Ichabod Manley LotCobblestone Road, Stoughton, MA · est. 1805Cemetery1.7 mi
- Washington Street Cemetery199 Washington Street, Stoughton, MA · est. 1796Methodist cemetery1.7 mi
- Snell CemeteryBrockton, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryStoughton, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Old Coweeset CemeteryBrockton, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Captain Elisha Harvey GravesiteStoughton, MA · est. 1757Cemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Melrose Cemetery
- Easton Memorials1.6 miMonument dealer · North Easton · (508) 230-2449
- Light After Death Monuments2.2 miMonument dealer · Brockton · (833) 566-5523
- Farley Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Stoughton · (781) 344-2676
- Waitt Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Brockton · (508) 583-7272
- Waitt Funeral Parlor2.2 miFuneral home · Brockton
- Russell & Pica Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Brockton · (508) 586-0254
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