About Howland Cemetery
Howland Cemetery is a cemetery near Freetown, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.8 mi southwest of Freetown. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599689. The nearest other listed cemetery is Robbins Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home in Lakeville, about 4.7 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 101 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Freetown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.79494, -70.99279
What Howland 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
- Robbins CemeteryNorth Lakeville, MACemetery1.7 mi
- McCully CemeteryNorth Lakeville, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Chace CemeteryFreetown, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Rounsevell CemeteryFreetown, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Pierce CemeteryAssonet, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Strobridge CemeteryNorth Lakeville, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Richmond CemeteryAssonet, MACemetery2.8 mi
- CemeteryBerkley, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Winslow CemeteryAssonet, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Morton CemeteryFreetown, MACemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Howland Cemetery
- Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Lakeville · (508) 946-9655
- Rock Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 995-5772
- Ashley~Drolette Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Middleborough · (508) 947-3600
- O'neill Funeral Home Inc8.1 miFuneral home · Middleboro · (508) 947-0911
- Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Taunton · (508) 822-3318
- Potter Funeral Services8.6 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 995-2213
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