About Agawam Cemetery
Agawam Cemetery is a cemetery near Onset, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.7 mi east of Onset. The grounds sit at about 43 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake and Jane Garfield Cheever. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604156. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patrick's Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wareham Village Funeral Home in Wareham, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 40 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, Onset. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Agawam Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake1894-1981American painter
- Jane Garfield Cheever1910-2004Granddaughter of U.S. president James A. Garfield
People whose Wikidata entry gives Agawam 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
41.74626, -70.69094
What Agawam 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
- Saint Patrick's CemeteryWareham Center, MACemetery2.4 mi
- Centre CemeteryWareham Center, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Long Neck CemeteryBuzzards Bay, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Blankenship CemeteryMarion, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Gray Gables CemeteryBuzzards Bay, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Little Neck CemeteryMarion Center, MACemetery4.2 mi
- Oakland Grove CemeteryBourne, MACemetery4.5 mi
- Friends CemeteryMarion, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Marion CemeteryMarion, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Monument Beach CemeteryMonument Beach, MACemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Agawam Cemetery
- Wareham Village Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Wareham · (508) 295-4748
- Chapman Funerals and Cremations2.1 miFuneral home · Wareham · (508) 295-0060
- Barnicoat Memorials - Wareham4.8 miMonument dealer · West Wareham · (508) 295-1143
- Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Bourne · (508) 759-3511
- Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home, Mattapoisett, MA8.4 miFuneral home · Mattapoisett · (508) 758-2292
- Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Sandwich · (508) 888-3511
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