About Cushing Cemetery
Cushing Cemetery is a cemetery near Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Solomon Keith Eaton, Shawn J. Kennedy and Wilson Barstow. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602556. The nearest other listed cemetery is Barlow Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home, Mattapoisett, MA in Mattapoisett, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 61 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, Mattapoisett. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cushing Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect.
- Solomon Keith Eaton1806-1872
- Shawn J. Kennedy1937-2005American construction executive
- Wilson Barstow1831-1869Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cushing 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
41.66259, -70.82489
What Cushing 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
- Barlow CemeteryMattapoisett, MACemetery0.1 mi
- Hammond CemeteryMattapoisett, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Roman Catholic CemeteryMattapoisett, MACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Pine Island CemeteryMattapoisett Center, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Friends CemeteryMattapoisett Center, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Ellis Bolles CemeteryAcushnet, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryMarion, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Woodside CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery4.3 mi
- Old Landing CemeteryMarion Center, MACemetery4.3 mi
- Tabor CemeteryAcushnet Center, MACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Cushing Cemetery
- Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home, Mattapoisett, MA0.8 miFuneral home · Mattapoisett · (508) 758-2292
- Waring-Sullivan Fairlawn Funeral & Cremation Service3.7 miCremation provider · Fairhaven · (508) 999-5100
- Fairhaven Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Fairhaven · (508) 994-9471
- Potter Funeral Services5.1 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 995-2213
- Boulevard Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 994-6272
- Machnowski-Schick Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 995-5005
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