Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Phipps Street Burying Ground is a cemetery near Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including John Harvard, Benjamin Gorham and Oliver Holden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 618408. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bunker Hill Burying Ground, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carr Funeral Home in Charlestown, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 163 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 1 musician, 1 US representative.

• John Harvard1607-1638
  English-American clergyman and philanthropist
• Benjamin Gorham1775-1855
  American politician
• Oliver Holden1765-1844
  American composer and compiler of hymns
• Abigail (Curwin) Hathornedied 1709
  - 4 May 1709
• James Russell1715-1798
  (1715, ca. 1798)
• Samuel Cary1683-1741
  Merchant and ship chandler 1683-1739

People whose Wikidata entry gives Phipps Street Burying Ground 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.

• Bunker Hill Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• St Francis De Sales Cemetery

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Copps Hill Burial Ground

  VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA · est. 1659
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Kings Chapel Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Church cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Granary Burying Ground

  Boston, MA · est. 1660
  Christian cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Central Burying Ground

  125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA · est. 1756
  Church cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Milk Row Cemetery

  439 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, MA
  Municipal cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Somerville Cemetery

  Cambridge, MA
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Garden Cemetery

  Chelsea, MA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Bennington Street Cemetery

  Chelsea, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Carr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Charlestown · (617) 242-1509
  0.3 mi
• Langone Jos A Jr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 227-2434
  0.8 mi
• J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 536-4110
  0.8 mi
• Rogers Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 876-8964
  0.8 mi
• John C. Burns & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 876-8336
  1.7 mi
• Magrath Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 567-0910
  1.9 mi

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