About Groton Cemetery
Groton Cemetery is a cemetery near Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Groton. The grounds sit at about 390 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including George S. Boutwell, Endicott Peabody and Endicott Peabody. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 606592. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Burying Ground Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Badger Funeral Homes Inc in Groton, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 66 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, Groton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Groton Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 governors, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 World War II veteran.
- George S. Boutwell1818-1905United States politician
- Endicott Peabody1920-1997American politician
- Endicott Peabody1857-1944Episcopal priest, headmaster
- Samuel Abbott Green1830-1918American physician and politician (1830-1918); mayor of Boston in 1882
- William F. Wharton1847-1919American politician
- Lawrence Park1873-1924American architect and art historian
- Mary Bancroft1903-1997American writer
- William Bancroft1855-1922American politician (1855-1922); Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885
- Elsie Louise Shaw1862-1940American naturalist, botanical and scientific illustrator
- Leslie Bancroft1894-1981American tennis player
- George A. Bruce1839-1929American politician
- William Bentinck-Smith1914-1993American academic administrator
Show all 21 notable burials
- Amos Farnsworth1754-1847(28 Apr 1754 - certain 19 Oct 1847)
- Daniel Needham1822-1895Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Dudley F. Phelps1845-1908American lawyer
- Dudley Phelps1798-1849American pastor
- Elizabeth Sewall Hill1871-1957American nature study and garden director for Newton, Massachusetts Schools
- Francis Augustus Brooks1824-1902American lawyer and collector
- Lois Swan Lawrence1875-1912
- Richard Ely Danielson1885-1957US editor, publisher and writer
- William N. Souther1858-1936Naturalist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Groton 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
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What Groton 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
- Old Burying Ground CemeteryGroton, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Old CemeteryGroton, MACemetery0.8 mi
- Polish CemeteryGroton, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryEast Pepperell, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Walton CemeteryPepperell, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Pepperell CemeteryPepperell, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryPepperell, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryAyer, MAChristian cemetery4.2 mi
- Swallow CemeteryDunstable, MACemetery4.9 mi
- Mount Hermon CemeteryDunstable, MACemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Groton Cemetery
- Badger Funeral Homes Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Groton · (978) 486-3709
- Marchand Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Pepperell · (978) 433-5788
- McGaffigan Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Pepperell · (978) 433-2100
- Anderson Funeral Homes Inc3.8 miFuneral home · Ayer · (978) 772-2355
- Badger Funeral Homes4.6 miFuneral home · Ayer · (978) 772-4033
- J. A. Healy Sons Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Westford · (978) 692-6502
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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