About Old Cemetery
Old Cemetery is a cemetery near Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.7 mi south of Reading. The grounds sit at about 105 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601614. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wood End Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cota Funeral Home in North Reading, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 188 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Reading. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.55009, -71.10339
What Old 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
- Wood End CemeteryNorth Reading, MA · est. 1983Cemetery0.4 mi
- Forest Glen CemeteryReading, MACemetery0.7 mi
- Charles Lawn CemeteryReading, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Harmony Vale CemeteryNorth Reading, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryReading, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Park Street CemeteryNorth Reading, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Joseph Tapley TombNorth Reading, MACemetery2.2 mi
- West CemeteryLynnfield, MACemetery2.8 mi
- South Common Street CemeteryLynnfield, MACemetery2.9 mi
- Wildwood CemeteryWilmington, MACemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Old Cemetery
- Cota Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · North Reading · (978) 664-4340
- Douglass, Edgerley, & Bessom Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Reading · (781) 944-0284
- Doherty - Barile Family Funeral Homes1.8 miFuneral home · Reading · (781) 944-1589
- Croswell Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · North Reading · (978) 664-3031
- Nichols Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (978) 658-4744
- McDonald Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Wakefield · (781) 245-3550
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