About Founders Burial Ground
Founders Burial Ground is a cemetery near Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.7 mi east of Nantucket. The grounds sit at about 49 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604180. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old North Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. It is one of 14 cemeteries we list in Nantucket County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nantucket. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.28590, -70.13167
What Founders Burial Ground 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
- Old North CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Old Town CemeteryNantucket, MAMunicipal cemetery1.2 mi
- Friends Burial GroundNantucket, MAQuaker cemetery1.3 mi
- Prospect Hill CemeteryNantucket, MAChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Unitarian CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Colored CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery1.7 mi
- African Baptist CemeteryNantucket, MABaptist cemetery1.9 mi
- New Town CemeteryNantucket, MAMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
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- How Deep Is a Grave?Where "six feet under" comes from, typical depths today, and what state rules actually require.
- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.