About Walnut Grove Cemetery
Walnut Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.2 mi northeast of Danvers. The grounds sit at about 16 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Harriet Waters Preston, Daniel D. Stevens and A. P. Putnam. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600628. The nearest other listed cemetery is High Street Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors in Danvers, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 138 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County dates to 1820. 3 of the 244 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Danvers. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Harriet Waters Preston1836-19111836-1911, writer and translator
- Daniel D. Stevens1839-1916United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- A. P. Putnam1827-1906American clergyman and author
- Gideon Putnam1726-1811
- Grace B. Faxonborn 1877American writer and educator
- Hannah Putnam1732-1813(5 Nov 1732 - certain 6 Nov 1813)
- Samuel Putnam1768-1853
People whose Wikidata entry gives Walnut Grove 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
42.55897, -70.93977
What Walnut Grove 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.
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Funeral homes near Walnut Grove Cemetery
- C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors0.4 miFuneral home · Danvers · (978) 777-7900
- O'Donnell Cremations Funerals Celebrations0.8 miFuneral home · Danvers · (978) 774-6600
- Conway Cahill-brodeur Funeral Home & Cremation Care2.3 miFuneral home · Peabody · (978) 531-0472
- Ruggiero Family Memorial Home North Shore Chapel2.4 miFuneral home · Peabody · (978) 595-3949
- Campbell Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Beverly · (978) 922-1113
- Abate Monuments2.9 miMonument dealer · Beverly · (978) 922-0517
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