About Union Street Cemetery
Union Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 299 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Austin Barclay Fletcher, Joseph Gordon Ray and Michael Metcalf. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601474. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ginley Funeral Home-Franklin in Franklin, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 125 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Franklin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Street Cemetery
- Austin Barclay Fletcher1852-1923American lawyer and educator
- Joseph Gordon Ray1831-1900Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Michael Metcalf1719-1774
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union Street 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
42.08310, -71.40463
What Union Street 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryFranklin, MACemetery0.5 mi
- City Mills Historical CemeteryFranklin, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Union CemeteryBellingham, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Bellingham Center CemeteryBellingham, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Center CemeteryBellingham, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Burnt Swamp CemeteryFranklin, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Sheldonville CemeteryFranklin, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryBellingham, MACemetery3.7 mi
- North Bellingham CemeteryBellingham, MACemetery3.7 mi
- West St CemeteryFranklin, MACemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Union Street Cemetery
- Ginley Funeral Home-Franklin0.3 miFuneral home · Franklin · (508) 528-1045
- Oteri Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Franklin · (508) 528-0011
- Tribute In Stone Monument Company3.7 miMonument dealer · Wrentham · (508) 384-5826
- Ginley-Crowley Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Medway · (508) 533-8252
- R J Ross Funeral Home Inc4.0 miFuneral home · Wrentham · (508) 384-3133
- Ross Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Wrentham
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