About Old Burial Hill Cemetery
Old Burial Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Marblehead. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Mercy Otis Warren, Timothy Dexter and John Glover. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600422. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Street Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Eustis & Cornell Funeral Home in Marblehead, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 106 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County dates to 1820. 3 of the 244 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marblehead. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Old Burial Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 Revolutionary War veteran, 1 writer.
- Mercy Otis Warren1728-1814American writer
- Timothy Dexter1747-1806American businessman and author
- John Glover1732-1797Continental Army officer
- Isaac Story1774-1803
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Burial 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
42.51059, -70.84635
What Old Burial 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
- Green Street CemeteryMarblehead, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Harbor View CemeteryMarblehead, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Waterside CemeteryMarblehead, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Star of the Sea CemeteryMarblehead, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Charter Street CemeterySalem, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Howard Street CemeterySalem, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Broad Street CemeterySalem, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Friends Burial Ground Quaker Cemetary396 1/2 Essex Street, Salem, MAQuaker cemetery3.0 mi
- Abbott Street Burial GroundBeverly, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Central CemeteryBeverly, MACemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Old Burial Hill Cemetery
- Eustis & Cornell Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Marblehead · (781) 631-0076
- O'Donnell Cremations Funerals Celebrations2.3 miCremation provider · Salem · (978) 744-2350
- Berube & Sons Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Salem · (978) 744-2177
- Levesque Funeral Home Inc2.4 miFuneral home · Salem · (978) 744-2270
- Murphy Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Salem · (978) 744-0497
- Stanetsky-hymanson Memorial Chapel3.3 miFuneral chapel · Salem · (781) 581-2300
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