About Valley Cemetery
Valley Cemetery is a cemetery near Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.0 mi east of Pelham. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Willard Thorp. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 606655. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cook-Johnson Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Hampshire County, and 48 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, Pelham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Valley Cemetery
- Willard Thorp1899-1992American economist and presidential advisor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Valley 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
42.38731, -72.44234
What Valley 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
- Cook-Johnson CemeteryPelham, MACemetery0.7 mi
- Wildwood CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Munsell CemeteryPelham, MACemetery3.8 mi
- Dwight CemeterySouth Amherst, MACemetery3.9 mi
- North CemeteryNorth Amherst, MACemetery3.9 mi
- West CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery3.9 mi
- East Leverett CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Jewish CemeteryShutesbury, MAJewish cemetery4.4 mi
- West CemeteryShutesbury, MACemetery4.4 mi
- Luther Henry Tomb YardShutesbury, MA · est. 1958Cemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Valley Cemetery
- Douglass Funeral Service4.0 miFuneral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes7.9 miFuneral home · Belchertown · (413) 203-4014
- Wrisley Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · South Deerfield · (413) 665-4046
- Drozdal Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-5306
- Czelusniak Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-3585
- Ahearn Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 587-0044
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