About North Cemetery
North Cemetery is a cemetery near North Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi west of North Amherst. The grounds sit at about 285 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601170. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wildwood Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Hampshire County, and 69 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hampshire County dates to 1743.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Amherst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.40869, -72.51328
What North 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
- Wildwood CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery1.3 mi
- CemeteryNorth Amherst, MACemetery1.7 mi
- West CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery2.1 mi
- East Leverett CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Long Plain CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery3.0 mi
- Plainville CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Brigid's CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Russellville CemeteryNorth Amherst, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Holy Rosary CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.4 mi
- North Hadley CemeteryHatfield, MACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near North Cemetery
- Douglass Funeral Service2.2 miFuneral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
- Wrisley Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · South Deerfield · (413) 665-4046
- Drozdal Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-5306
- Czelusniak Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-3585
- Ahearn Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 587-0044
- Pease And Gay Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-0412
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