Newton Cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts

Newton Cemetery is a cemetery near Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 110 notable people buried here, including Howard Zinn, Josephine Hull and Margaret E. Knight. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600852. The nearest other listed cemetery is South Burying Ground, about 1.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brezniak Rodman Funeral Directors in West Newton, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 124 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 17 writers, 12 architects, 5 actors, 5 business leaders, 5 journalists, 3 artists, 3 inventors and engineers, 3 musicians.

• Howard Zinn1922-2010
  American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker
• Josephine Hull1877-1957
  American stage and film actress
• Margaret E. Knight1838-1914
  American inventor
• Albion Woodbury Small1854-1926
  American sociologist
• Arnold Stang1918-2009
  American actor
• Ralph Burns1922-2001
  American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
• Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward1844-1911
  American author, intellectual and feminist
• Morrie Schwartz1916-1995
  American sociologist
• William Alcott1798-1859
  American physician and author
• Alexander Borovsky1889-1968
  Russian-American pianist
• Samuel Francis Smith1808-1895
  Protestant Christian Minister Patriotic hymn writer
• Vida Dutton Scudder1861-1954
  Educator, writer, and welfare activist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Newton 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.

• South Burying Ground

  Newton Highlands, MA
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• East Parish Burying Ground

  Newton, MA
  Church cemetery

  1.2 mi
• West Parish Burying Ground

  West Newton, MA
  Church cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Calvary Cemetery

  Waltham, MA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Newton Lower Falls, MA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  1 Wellesley Avenue, Needham, MA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Holyhood Cemetery

  Chestnut Hill, MA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Evergreen Cemetery

  Chestnut Hill, MA
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Mount Feake Cemetery

  Waltham, MA
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Grove Hill Cemetery

  Waltham, MA
  Cemetery

  2.9 mi

• Brezniak Rodman Funeral Directors

  Funeral home · West Newton
  1.2 mi
• Levine-briss Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · West Newton · (781) 963-2900
  1.3 mi
• Brezniak Funeral Directors Inc

  Funeral home · West Newton · (617) 969-0800
  1.3 mi
• Burke & Blackington Funeral Home

  Funeral home · West Newton · (617) 527-0986
  1.3 mi
• Andrew J Magni and Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Newton · (617) 527-2224
  1.9 mi
• Eaton & Mac Kay Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Newton · (617) 244-2034
  2.0 mi

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