About South Cemetery
South Cemetery is a cemetery near South Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is operated by The Town of Amherst. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dwight Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Hampshire County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hampshire County dates to 1743.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Amherst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.33476, -72.50373
What South 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
- Dwight CemeterySouth Amherst, MACemetery2.7 mi
- West CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Brigid's CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.5 mi
- Holy Rosary CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.6 mi
- Plainville CemeteryAmherst, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Wildwood CemeteryAmherst Center, MACemetery3.9 mi
- North CemeteryGranby, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Lake Vale CemeteryBelchertown, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Munsell CemeteryPelham, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Valley CemeteryPelham, MACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near South Cemetery
- Douglass Funeral Service3.0 miFuneral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
- Czelusniak Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-3585
- Drozdal Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 584-5306
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes6.6 miFuneral home · Belchertown · (413) 203-4014
- Ahearn Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Northampton · (413) 587-0044
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes7.5 miFuneral home · South Hadley · (413) 203-9903
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