Oak Grove Cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.1 mi southeast of New Bedford. The grounds sit at about 115 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 31 notable people buried here, including Clifford Warren Ashley, Harry Stovey and Joseph Grinnell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 599661. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sacred Heart Old Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home in New Bedford, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 206 cemeteries we list in Bristol County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Bristol County dates to 1705. 33 of the 206 listings in Bristol County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 3 writers, 2 baseball players, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 business leader.

• Clifford Warren Ashley1881-1947
  American artist, author, sailor, and knot expert
• Harry Stovey1856-1937
  Major League baseball player
• Joseph Grinnell1788-1885
  U.S. Representative
• William Harvey Carney1840-1908
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas D. Eliot1808-1870
  American politician
• Ida Mitchell Eliot1836-1923
  American author, teacher and entomologist
• Richard Albert Canfield1855-1914
  American businessman
• Amelia Piper1796-1856
  American former slave and abolitionist
• Daniel Ricketson1813-1898
• J. A. Gammons1876-1963
  American football player and coach
• John Duffey1836-1923
  American soldier (1836-1923), Medal of Honor recipient
• Mary Catherine Lee1840-1927
  American novelist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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.

• Sacred Heart Old Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA · est. 1963
  Catholic cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Peckham West Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Hathaway Family Cemetery

  Smith Mills, MA
  Family cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Griffin Street Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Rural Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Saint John the Baptist Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Sacred Heart Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Cemetery

  Smith Mills, MA · est. 1967
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Riverside Cemetery

  New Bedford, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi

• Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Bedford · (508) 994-0100
  0.2 mi
• Wilson Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · New Bedford · (508) 993-4313
  0.9 mi
• Donaghy New Day Cremation and Funeral Care

  Cremation provider · New Bedford · (508) 992-5486
  0.9 mi
• Boulevard Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Bedford · (508) 994-6272
  1.3 mi
• Aubertine-Lopes Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Bedford · (508) 992-2957
  1.4 mi
• Perry Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Bedford · (508) 993-2921
  1.5 mi

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