About West Cemetery
West Cemetery is a cemetery near Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Shutesbury. The grounds sit at about 1,112 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600943. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst, about 7.0 mi away. It is one of 139 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Franklin County dates to 1760. 1 of the 139 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shutesbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.44925, -72.42383
What West 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
- Luther Henry Tomb YardShutesbury, MA · est. 1958Cemetery0.1 mi
- Jewish CemeteryShutesbury, MAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- East Leverett CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Locks Hill CemeteryShutesbury, MA · est. 1936Cemetery3.6 mi
- North CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryShutesbury, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Gardner CemeteryMontague, MACemetery4.1 mi
- South CemeteryWendell, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Cook-Johnson CemeteryPelham, MACemetery4.2 mi
- Plainview CemeteryLeverett, MACemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near West Cemetery
- Douglass Funeral Service7.0 miFuneral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
- Wrisley Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · South Deerfield · (413) 665-4046
- Witty's Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 544-3160
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Belchertown · (413) 203-4014
- Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 575-0575
- Mack Family Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Athol
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