Forefathers Burying Ground in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Also known as Forefathers Burying Ground Cemetery
About Forefathers Burying Ground
Forefathers Burying Ground is a cemetery near Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Chelmsford. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pine Ridge Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home in Chelmsford, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 90 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chelmsford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.59729, -71.35418
What Forefathers Burying Ground 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
- Pine Ridge CemeteryChelmsford, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryLowell, MAChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- Heart Pond CemeteryChelmsford, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Westlawn CemeteryLowell, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Westlawn II CemeteryLowell, MACemetery2.6 mi
- West Chelmsford CemeteryChelmsford, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryLowell, MACatholic cemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryLowell, MACatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Edson CemeteryLowell, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Riverside CemeteryLowell, MACemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Forefathers Burying Ground
- Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Chelmsford · (978) 256-5251
- Morse-Bayliss Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Lowell · (978) 458-6841
- Dolan Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · North Chelmsford · (978) 251-4041
- Fay McCabe Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Lowell · (978) 459-9222
- The McDonough Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Lowell · (978) 458-6816
- Martin Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Lowell
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