About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 69 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Joe Raposo, Mary Fickett and Joseph C. Lincoln. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604165. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Baptist Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nickerson Funeral Home in Chatham, about 0.2 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, Chatham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 actors, 1 musician.
- Joe Raposo1937-1989American composer
- Mary Fickett1928-2011Actress
- Joseph C. Lincoln1870-1944American novelist, short story writer, poet
- James W. Hawes1844-1918US geographer
- Agatha Cobourg Hodgins1877-1945Nurse anesthetist
- Albert W. Atwood1879-1975American writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union 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
41.68955, -69.97113
What Union 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 Baptist CemeteryChatham, MABaptist cemetery0.2 mi
- Peoples CemeteryChatham, MACemetery0.2 mi
- Seaside CemeteryChatham, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Old North CemeteryWest Chatham, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Old South CemeteryWest Chatham, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Old Burying GroundWest Chatham, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Smallpox CemeteryWest Chatham, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Seamen's CemetaryChatham, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryEast Harwich, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Eldredge Family CemeteryEast Harwich, MAFamily cemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Nickerson Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Chatham · (508) 945-1166
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations5.5 miFuneral home · Harwich · (508) 432-6696
- Nickerson Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Orleans · (508) 255-0259
- Swan Song Burial11 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (339) 933-1816
- Hallett Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2285
- Morris, O'Connor & Blute Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2121
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