About Dighton Town Cemetery
Dighton Town Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi south of Dighton. The grounds sit at about 46 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Baylies. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602635. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fox Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home in Taunton, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 206 cemeteries we list in Bristol County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Bristol County dates to 1705. 33 of the 206 listings in Bristol County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dighton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Dighton Town Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- William Baylies1776-1865U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
People whose Wikidata entry gives Dighton Town 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
41.82613, -71.12373
What Dighton Town 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
- Fox CemeteryDighton, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Brick - Hathaway CemeteryDighton, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Riverside CemeteryBerkley, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Assonet Friends CemeteryAssonet, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Oliver Perry Simmons CemeterySomerset, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Walker - Blake GraveyardBerkley, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Mason - Chace CemeteryDighton, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Patrick's CemeterySomerset, MACatholic cemetery3.4 mi
- Cemetery LandAssonet, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Assonet Burying Ground CemeteryAssonet, MACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Dighton Town Cemetery
- Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Taunton · (508) 822-3318
- O'Keefe-Wade Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Taunton · (508) 823-3371
- Taunton Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Taunton · (508) 821-7771
- Waring Sullivan Rose E Sullivan Funeral and Cremation Service5.8 miCremation provider · Somerset · (508) 675-1495
- Silva Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Taunton · (508) 822-0081
- Sowiecki-Snyder Home for Funerals & Cremation Services6.6 miCremation provider · Taunton · (508) 824-9881
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