About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 89 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Caleb Cushing and John Boddily. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600757. The nearest other listed cemetery is Veterans Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elliott, Woodworth and Rogers Funeral Home in Newburyport, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Essex County dates to 1820. 3 of the 244 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newburyport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Caleb Cushing1800-1879American politician
- John Boddily1755-1802Pastor at Westbury, Walsal, and Wallingford, Eng., and Newburyport, Mass.; born 1755; died 1802
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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.
Map
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What Highland 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
- Veterans CemeteryNewburyport, MAVeterans cemetery0.2 mi
- Old Hill CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery0.2 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryNewburyport, MA · est. 1842Cemetery0.4 mi
- First Parish Burying GroundNewburyport, MAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Thomas Parker CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Maplewood CemeterySalisbury, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Belleville CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery2.0 mi
- Quaker CemeteryNewburyport, MAQuaker cemetery2.6 mi
- Sawyer Hill Burying GroundNewburyport, MACemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Elliott, Woodworth and Rogers Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Newburyport · (978) 462-4323
- Twomey, LeBlanc, & Conte Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Newburyport · (978) 465-9323
- Consigli Memorials2.7 miMonument dealer · Salisbury · (978) 465-7772
- Paul C Rogers & Sons Funeral Homes4.4 miFuneral home · Amesbury · (978) 388-0288
- F. S. Roberts & Son Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Rowley · (978) 948-7763
- A & A Monuments6.3 miMonument dealer · Merrimac · (978) 384-3858
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