About Beechwood Cemetery
Beechwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Marcus M. Haskell, Sanford White and Frederick Ellwood Wallace. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601983. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ancient Burying Ground, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Marstons Mills, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Barnstable County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 116 listings in Barnstable County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Centerville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beechwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Marcus M. Haskell1843-1925Medal of Honor recipient
- Sanford White1888-1964American football player
- Frederick Ellwood Wallace1893-1958American artist
- Raymond J. Nagle1900-1990Professor of dentistry
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beechwood 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
41.65622, -70.34863
What Beechwood 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
- Ancient Burying Ground61 Phinneys Lane, Centerville, MAChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Centerville Ancient CemeteryCenterville, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Francis Xaviers CemeteryCenterville, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Hillside CemeteryOsterville, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Sandy Street CemeteryBarnstable, MACemetery2.9 mi
- Marstons Mills CemetryMarstons Mills, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Crocker Park Cemetery19 Pine Street, Barnstable, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryHyannis, MACemetery3.2 mi
- Oak Neck CemeteryHyannis, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Universalist CemeteryHyannis, MAChristian cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Beechwood Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations3.8 miFuneral home · Marstons Mills
- John-Lawrence Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Marstons Mills · (508) 428-5704
- Morris, O'Connor & Blute Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2121
- Hallett Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2285
- Swan Song Burial8.5 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (339) 933-1816
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations9.0 miFuneral home · Mashpee · (508) 477-4025
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