About First Parish Cemetery
First Parish Cemetery is a church cemetery near Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including John Cheever, Charles Turner, Jr. and Nathaniel Cushing Nash. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602588. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mcnamara Sparrell Funeral Services in Norwell, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 103 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Norwell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at First Parish Cemetery
Among them: 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- John Cheever1912-1982American novelist and short story writer
- Charles Turner, Jr.1760-1839American politician, Massachusetts
- Nathaniel Cushing Nash1804-1880Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives First Parish 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
42.16099, -70.79185
What First Parish 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
- First Parish Old CemetaryNorwell, MAChurch cemetery0.1 mi
- Second Parish CemeteryNorwell, MAChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Bowker Family CemeteryNorwell, MAFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Cushing Family CemeteryMarshfield Hills, MA · est. 1757Family cemetery2.3 mi
- Hatch Burying GroundScituate, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Couch Memorial CemeteryMarshfield Hills, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Two Mile CemeteryMarshfield Hills, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Stetson Meadows CemeteryHanover, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Stockbridge CemeteryNorwell, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Stockbridge Family CemeteryNorwell, MAFamily cemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near First Parish Cemetery
- Mcnamara Sparrell Funeral Services0.2 miFuneral home · Norwell · (781) 659-2200
- Richardson-Gaffey Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Scituate · (781) 545-0196
- Sullivan Funeral Homes3.2 miFuneral home · Hanover · (781) 878-0920
- Custom Monuments5.0 miMonument dealer · Rockland · (781) 871-5190
- McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Cohasset · (781) 383-0200
- Shepherd Funeral Homes6.5 miFuneral home · Pembroke · (781) 293-6325
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