Elmwood Cemetery in Rockland, Massachusetts
About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Rockland, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.0 mi south of Rockland. It was established in 1756. The grounds sit at about 161 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600537. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Neptune Cremation Service in Weymouth, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 152 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rockland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.15844, -70.93005
What Elmwood 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
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryRockland, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Lakeview CemeteryHolbrook, MA · est. 1732Christian cemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Highland CemeteryBraintree, MA · est. 1751Christian cemetery1.8 mi
- Nash CemeteryWeymouth, MA · est. 1730Cemetery1.9 mi
- Olde CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Beal CemeteryRockland, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryRockland, MACemetery2.2 mi
- Cushing Family Tomb SiteAbington, MACemetery2.3 mi
- Adams Street Burying Ground Site (historical)Rockland, MACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Neptune Cremation Service1.5 miCremation provider · Weymouth · (781) 886-8366
- C.C. Shepherd Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · South Weymouth · (781) 337-0050
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - South1.9 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- Custom Monuments2.2 miMonument dealer · Rockland · (781) 871-5190
- Sullivan Funeral Homes2.3 miFuneral home · Rockland · (781) 878-0920
- Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Rockland · (781) 878-1775
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