Center Cemetery in Sheffield, Massachusetts

Center Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was established in 1816. It is operated by Town of Sheffield Cemetery Department. The grounds sit at about 676 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard, John G. Barnard and Luella Dowd Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 618082. The nearest other listed cemetery is Our Lady of the Valley Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great Barrington, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Berkshire County, and 44 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, Sheffield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 writers, 2 scientists, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran.

• Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard1809-1889
  American academic administrator
• John G. Barnard1815-1882
  Union Army general
• Luella Dowd Smith1847-1941
  American author
• Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis1917-1971
  Treasurer of the United States
• Walter Prichard Eaton1878-1957
  American writer
• John Hillric Bonn III1893-1985
  American film editor, taxidermist
• George A. Hoadley1848-1936
  American physics professor
• Helen M. Cleveland1854-1909
  American writer

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.

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.

• Our Lady of the Valley Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Barnard Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Hewins Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Churchill Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Pine Grove Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Ashley Falls Cemetery

  Sheffield, MA
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Saint Joseph Cemetery

  Canaan, CT
  Cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Mount Everett Cemetery

  Berkshire Heights, MA
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Mill River Cemetery

  New Marlborough, MA
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Mill River Cemetery

  New Marlborough, MA
  Cemetery

  4.9 mi

• Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Great Barrington · (413) 528-1900
  5.9 mi
• Birches-Roy Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Great Barrington · (413) 528-3080
  5.9 mi
• Peck and Peck Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Copake · (518) 329-2121
  8.9 mi
• Kenny Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Norfolk · (860) 542-5621
  11 mi
• Scott D Conklin Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Millerton · (518) 789-4888
  13 mi
• Kelly Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Lee · (413) 243-0204
  15 mi

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