Munroe Cemetery in Lexington, Massachusetts

Munroe Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 217 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including John Knowles Paine, Sonny Tufts and Cyrus Hamlin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1973266. The nearest other listed cemetery is Burial Ground, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Home in Lexington, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 141 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, Lexington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• John Knowles Paine1839-1906
  American composer
• Sonny Tufts1911-1970
  American actor
• Cyrus Hamlin1811-1900
  American missionary and president of Middlebury College
• Charles Hudson1795-1881
  American politician
• Thomas Cosgrove1829-1912
  Medal of Honor recipient
• Edward Carleton Stone1878-1964
  Politician in Massachusetts, US
• Enoch Anson More Jr.1854-1932
  American writer
• John F. Hutchinson1856-1904
  Politician in Massachusetts, US
• Samuel Chandler1795-1867

People whose Wikidata entry gives Munroe 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.

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.

• Burial Ground

  Lexington, MA
  Church cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Old Burying Ground

  Lexington, MA
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Robbins Cemetery

  Lexington, MA · est. 1784
  Municipal cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Westview Cemetery

  Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Metfern Cemetery

  Belmont, MA
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Shawsheen Cemetery

  Bedford, MA
  Christian cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Highland Meadow Cemetery

  Belmont, MA · est. 2005
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Wildwood Cemetery

  Winchester, MA
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi
• Old Burying Ground

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Lincoln Cemetery

  Lincoln, MA
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi

• Douglass Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lexington · (781) 862-1800
  1.0 mi
• DeVito Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Arlington · (781) 643-5610
  2.8 mi
• Shawsheen Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bedford · (781) 275-7706
  3.7 mi
• Graham Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Woburn · (781) 933-1324
  3.9 mi
• Arthur P. Graham Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Woburn
  3.9 mi
• Edward V Sullivan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Burlington · (781) 272-0050
  3.9 mi

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