Needham Cemetery in Needham, Massachusetts

Needham Cemetery is a cemetery near Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Needham. The grounds sit at about 161 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including William Henry Carter, Edmund H. Garrett and Frederick Haynes Newell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 603220. The nearest other listed cemetery is Babson Burial Site, about 1.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home in Needham, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 119 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Needham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 artist, 1 US representative.

• William Henry Carter1864-1955
  American politician, Massachusetts
• Edmund H. Garrett1853-1929
  American painter, illustrator and author
• Frederick Haynes Newell1862-1932
  American hydraulic engineer
• George Whitaker1836-1917
  American university president
• David Cox1966-1994
  Former U.S. marine found killed by an unknown assailant
• Catherine Rosine Fuller1847-1915
  American botanical collector
• Ella Mills Fuller1849-1937
  American botanical collector
• Timothy Otis Fuller1845-1916
  American naturalist and botanical collector

People whose Wikidata entry gives Needham 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.

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.

• Babson Burial Site

  Wellesley, MA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  1 Wellesley Avenue, Needham, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  Wellesley, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Wellesley Memorial Path Cemetery

  Wellesley, MA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Newton Lower Falls, MA
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• South Burying Ground

  Newton Highlands, MA
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Mount Lebanon Cemetery

  Oak Hill Park, MA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Oak Hill Park, MA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Gethsemane Cemetery

  Oak Hill Park, MA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Highland Cemetery

  Dover, MA
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi

• George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Needham · (781) 444-0687
  0.6 mi
• Eaton Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Needham · (781) 444-0201
  0.6 mi
• George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Wellesley · (781) 235-4100
  2.3 mi
• Henry J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Wellesley Hills · (781) 235-1481
  2.5 mi
• Burke & Blackington Funeral Home

  Funeral home · West Newton · (617) 527-0986
  4.1 mi
• Brezniak Rodman Funeral Directors

  Funeral home · West Newton
  4.3 mi

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