Friends Burial Ground in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Also known as Friends Burying Ground
About Friends Burial Ground
Friends Burial Ground is a quaker cemetery near Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 39 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1974713. The nearest other listed cemetery is Prospect Hill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. 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
41.28094, -70.10851
What Friends 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
- Prospect Hill CemeteryNantucket, MAChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Old Town CemeteryNantucket, MAMunicipal cemetery0.3 mi
- Old North CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Colored CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Prospect Hill CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Unitarian CemeteryNantucket, MACemetery0.6 mi
- African Baptist CemeteryNantucket, MABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- New Town CemeteryNantucket, MAMunicipal cemetery0.9 mi
- Founders Burial GroundNantucket, MACemetery1.3 mi
Frequently asked questions
Is Friends Burial Ground a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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