About Penikese Island Cemetery
Penikese Island Cemetery is a cemetery near New Bedford, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It lies about 13 mi north of New Bedford. The grounds sit at about 33 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2789620. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cuttyhunk Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dartmouth Funeral Home in South Dartmouth, about 11 mi away. It is one of 21 cemeteries we list in Dukes County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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.
Map
41.45370, -70.92324
What Penikese Island Cemetery 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
- Cuttyhunk CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Cornell CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery5.4 mi
- Smith Family CemeteryNew Bedford, MAFamily cemetery5.9 mi
- Slocum CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery6.1 mi
- Hill Meadow CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery6.2 mi
- Almy Burial GroundNew Bedford, MACemetery6.8 mi
- Allens Neck Friends CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery7.4 mi
- Smith CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery8.1 mi
- CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery8.2 mi
- Sherman CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Penikese Island Cemetery
- Dartmouth Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · South Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Waring Sullivan Dartmouth Funeral and Cremation Service11 miCremation provider · Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Perry Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 993-2921
- Aubertine-Lopes Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 992-2957
- Donaghy New Day Cremation and Funeral Care13 miCremation provider · New Bedford · (508) 992-5486
- Wilson Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · New Bedford · (508) 993-4313
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