About Friends Burying Ground
Friends Burying Ground is a quaker cemetery near Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Hanover. It was established in 1789. The nearest other listed cemetery is Briggs Burial Ground, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sullivan Funeral Homes in Hanover, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 107 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, Hanover. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.10459, -70.80370
What Friends Burying Ground 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
- Briggs Burial GroundNorth Pembroke, MA · est. 1722Municipal cemetery0.7 mi
- Paul Magoun CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MAMunicipal cemetery0.9 mi
- Two Mile CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MA · est. 1707Cemetery1.2 mi
- Church Hill CemeteryHanover, MAChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Pinehurst CemeteryHanover, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Packet Landing CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Stetson Meadows CemeteryHanover, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Magoun CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Hanover CemeteryHanover, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Hanover Center CemeteryHanover, MACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Burying Ground
- Sullivan Funeral Homes1.5 miFuneral home · Hanover · (781) 878-0920
- Shepherd Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Pembroke · (781) 293-6325
- Sullivan Funeral Homes4.0 miFuneral home · Hanson · (781) 878-0920
- Mcnamara Sparrell Funeral Services4.1 miFuneral home · Norwell · (781) 659-2200
- Leighton-MacKinnon Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Hanson · (781) 447-2344
- MacDonald Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Marshfield · (781) 834-7320
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Friends Burying Ground located?
Friends Burying Ground is at 70 Washington Street, Hanover, MA in Plymouth County. GPS coordinates: 42.10459, -70.80370.
Is Friends Burying Ground a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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