About Center Cemetery
Center Cemetery is a cemetery near Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.8 mi south of Richmond. The grounds sit at about 1,201 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Edward Vermilye Huntington, Edward Deming Andrews and Katherine Hazard Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604053. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roche Funeral Home in Lenox, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Berkshire County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berkshire County dates to 1758. 5 of the 118 listings in Berkshire County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Richmond. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Center Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Edward Vermilye Huntington1874-1952American mathematician
- Edward Deming Andrews1894-1964American historian
- Katherine Hazard Smith1852-1924
People whose Wikidata entry gives Center 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
42.39943, -73.36659
What Center 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
- North CemeteryRichmond, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Pet CemeteryPittsfield, MAPet cemetery2.7 mi
- Northeast CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Shaker CemeteryPittsfield, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Cone Hill CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery3.5 mi
- West Stockbridge CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Canaan CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery4.6 mi
- Cornwall - Tilden CemeteryNassau, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- Church on the Hill CemeteryLenox, MAChurch cemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Center Cemetery
- Roche Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Lenox · (413) 637-0699
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-4064
- Dery Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 358-4452
- Flynn & Dagnoli-bencivenga Funeral Homes7.0 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-1733
- Devanny-condron Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-5988
- Dwyer Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-5094
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