About Fort Hill Cemetery
Fort Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Hingham. It was established in 1751. The grounds sit at about 46 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Herbert L. Foss. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600585. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Paul's Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pyne Keohane Funeral Home in Hingham, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 112 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, Hingham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fort Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Herbert L. Foss1871-1937United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fort Hill 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
42.23343, -70.90449
What Fort Hill 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 Paul's CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1877Cemetery0.5 mi
- Hingham Cemetery12 South Street, Hingham, MA · est. 1672Cemetery1.1 mi
- Hingham Centre CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1692Cemetery1.3 mi
- High Street CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1681Cemetery1.5 mi
- Fairmount CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Waterman CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Old North CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery2.1 mi
- North Weymouth CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Francis Xavier CemeteryWeymouth, MACatholic cemetery3.0 mi
- Village CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Fort Hill Cemetery
- Pyne Keohane Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Hingham · (781) 749-0310
- Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel1.3 miFuneral chapel · Hingham · (781) 749-0340
- Peck Funeral Homes1.6 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 337-0093
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - East2.1 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - North2.2 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- Mortuary Services2.7 miMortuary · Weymouth · (781) 337-1189
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