Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Also known as Old Maid’s Hall
About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Newburyport. It was established in 1842. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 30 notable people buried here, including Elissa Landi, Donald McKay and James Parton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600442. The nearest other listed cemetery is Highland Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elliott, Woodworth and Rogers Funeral Home in Newburyport, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 244 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 75 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 Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 7 writers, 4 scientists, 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 architect, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 physician.
- Elissa Landi1904-1948Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s
- Donald McKay1810-1880American shipbuilder
- James Parton1822-1891American biographer
- Eben Francis Stone1822-1895American politician in Massachusetts
- Jeremiah Nelson1769-1838American politician
- Edmund Pearson1880-1937American librarian, non-fiction crime writer
- Edwin A. Grosvenor1845-1936Author, professor of history
- Daniel Dana1771-1859American clergyman and academic administrator
- Jane Andrews1833-1887American author and educator
- Mary Newmarch Prescott1849-1888American magazine writer, poet
- Edmund M. Wheelwright1854-1912American architect
- Edward Bliss1865-1960American medical missionary
Show all 30 notable burials
- William John Hopkins1863-1926American novelist
- Anne Gardner Hale1823-1914American writer
- Charles Robert Cross1848-1921American physicist
- Edward Payson Hurd1838-1899Canadian-American physician
- Joseph W. Colby1854-1916Boston Pilot
- Robert Noxon Toppan1836-1901American lawyer and economist
- Ebenezer Wheelwright1800-1877American merchant, bookseller, and author
- Edward A. Moseley1846-1911American businessman and politician
- Elbridge Gerry Kelley1812-1881Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Elisha Perkins Dodge1847-1902American shoe manufacturer
- Hannah Rand1813-1887
- James Willet Hall Jr.1904-1937American swimmer
- Judith Hopkins Coffin1831-1919American botanist and botanical collector
- Louisa Catherine Adams Johnson1856-1924
- Mabel Delano Merriam1876-1962
- Sarah Moody Toppan1852-1926Botanist
- Spofford Harris Kimball1901-1967Ph.D. Harvard University 1932
- William Bartlet1748-1841American philanthropist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill 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
- Highland CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery0.4 mi
- First Parish Burying GroundNewburyport, MAChurch cemetery0.5 mi
- Thomas Parker CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Old Hill CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Veterans CemeteryNewburyport, MAVeterans cemetery0.5 mi
- Maplewood CemeterySalisbury, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Belleville CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryNewburyport, MACemetery2.4 mi
- First Settlers Burying Ground238 High Road, Newbury, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Green Street CemeterySalisbury, MACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Elliott, Woodworth and Rogers Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Newburyport · (978) 462-4323
- Twomey, LeBlanc, & Conte Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Newburyport · (978) 465-9323
- Consigli Memorials2.7 miMonument dealer · Salisbury · (978) 465-7772
- Paul C Rogers & Sons Funeral Homes4.8 miFuneral home · Amesbury · (978) 388-0288
- F. S. Roberts & Son Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Rowley · (978) 948-7763
- A & A Monuments6.7 miMonument dealer · Merrimac · (978) 384-3858
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