Salem Street Burying Ground in Medford, Massachusetts

Salem Street Burying Ground is a cemetery near Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including John Brooks, Sarah Bradlee Fulton and Timothy Bigelow. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1973693. The nearest other listed cemetery is Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home in Medford, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 169 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, Medford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 governor, 1 physician.

• John Brooks1752-1825
  Massachusetts doctor, military officer, and governor
• Sarah Bradlee Fulton1740-1835
  American spy
• Timothy Bigelow1767-1821
  American lawyer and politician
• Lucy Hall Bradlee1782-1816
• Lucy Prescott1771-1852
  - 15 Dec 1852
• Major Nathaniel Wade1647-1707
  1647 Ipswich, Essex, MA - 28 Nov 1707 Medford, Middlesex, MA
• Mercy Bradstreet1649-1715
  1649 Andover, Essex, MA - 5 Oct 1715 Medford, Middlesex, MA
• Samuel Wade1683-1738
  1683 -

People whose Wikidata entry gives Salem Street Burying Ground 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.

• Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  Malden, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Prince Hall Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery

  Tufts University, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Bell Rock Cemetery

  Malden, MA · est. 1649
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Mount Pleasant Cemetery

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery

  West Somerville/Davis Square, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Old Burying Ground

  Arlington, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Salem Street Cemetery

  Malden, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Medford · (781) 395-0128
  0.2 mi
• Oak Grove Memorials

  Monument dealer · Medford · (781) 396-7773
  0.6 mi
• Dello Russo Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Medford · (781) 396-9200
  0.7 mi
• Breslin Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Malden · (781) 324-0486
  1.1 mi
• George L Doherty Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Somerville · (617) 625-4320
  1.3 mi
• Keefe Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 547-5544
  2.0 mi

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