About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Glen Gray, James MacKaye and LeBaron Russell Briggs. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1976941. The nearest other listed cemetery is Vine Hills Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cemetery Office and Crematory in Plymouth, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 31 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, Plymouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 World War I veteran.
- Glen Gray1900-1963American musician
- James MacKaye1872-1935American writer
- LeBaron Russell Briggs1855-1934American educator
- Robert Bernard Hall1812-1868American politician
- Elisha B. Maynard1842-1906American politician
- Mercy B. Jackson1802-1877American physician
- Samuel C. Wright1842-1906Sergeant during the American Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Eliot Lord1851-1928
- Albert Mason1836-1905Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Benjamin Marston Watson1820-1896American botanist
- Delano Alexander Goddard1831-1882Politician in Massachusetts
- William Goodwin Russell1821-1896American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
41.95243, -70.67460
What Oak Grove 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
- Vine Hills CemeteryPlymouth, MACemetery0.2 mi
- Burial Hill CemeteryPlymouth, MACemetery0.5 mi
- Cole's Hill SarcophagusPlymouth, MACemetery0.7 mi
- Chiltonville CemeteryPlymouth, MACemetery2.6 mi
- Parting Ways CemeteryKingston, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Russell Mills CemeteryPlymouth, MACemetery3.6 mi
- South Pond CemeteryPlymouth, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Joseph's CemeteryKingston, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Old Burying GroundKingston, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Town Burial GroundKingston, MACemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Cemetery Office and Crematory0.3 miCremation provider · Plymouth
- Cartmell Funeral Service, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (508) 746-2162
- Bartlett Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (508) 746-3456
- Cartmell-Davis Funeral & Cremation Service1.9 miCremation provider · Plymouth · (508) 746-2231
- Shepherd Funeral Homes4.0 miFuneral home · Kingston · (781) 585-4453
- Quincy Memorials Inc4.9 miMonument dealer · Kingston · (781) 585-5906
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