Canton Cemetery in Canton, Massachusetts

Canton Cemetery is a cemetery near Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.7 mi southwest of Canton. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including James Batcheller Sumner, Elijah A. Morse and Richard Gridley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600734. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pushard Family Funeral Home in Canton, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 150 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Canton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 scientist, 1 US representative.

• James Batcheller Sumner1887-1955
  American chemist
• Elijah A. Morse1841-1898
  American politician
• Richard Gridley1710-1796
  British Army officer
• Charles Endicott1822-1899
  American politician
• Samuel Capen1848-1943
  American businessperson
• John Davis Billings1842-1933
• John Sherman1750-1802

People whose Wikidata entry gives Canton 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.

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.

• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Canton, MA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Knollwood Memorial Park

  Canton, MA
  Memorial park

  2.9 mi
• Sharon Memorial Park

  Sharon, MA
  Memorial park

  3.2 mi
• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

  1909 Central Street, Stoughton, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Methodist Meeting House Cemetery C 1823

  Central St, West Stoughton, MA · est. 1823
  Methodist cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Chestnut Hill Cemetery

  Sharon, MA
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Maplewood Cemetery

  Stoughton, MA
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Old Parish Cemetery

  Norwood, MA
  Church cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Pearl Street Cemetery

  Stoughton, MA
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi
• Maplewood Cemetery

  Stoughton, MA
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi

• Pushard Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Canton · (781) 828-2929
  1.6 mi
• Schlossberg Family's Chapel on the Hill

  Funeral home · Canton · (781) 828-6990
  1.6 mi
• Stanetsky Memorial Chapels

  Funeral home · Canton · (781) 821-4600
  2.2 mi
• Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Canton · (781) 828-0811
  2.2 mi
• Funeral Institute of North East

  Funeral home · Westwood · (781) 461-9080
  2.3 mi
• Sheehan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Stoughton · (781) 344-2061
  3.9 mi

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