About Mayflower Cemetery
Mayflower Cemetery is a cemetery near South Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.9 mi southeast of South Duxbury. The grounds sit at about 75 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including George Kingsley Zipf, Ruth Graves Wakefield and George Partridge. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602101. The nearest other listed cemetery is Myles Standish Burying Ground, about 0.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shepherd Funeral Homes in Kingston, about 3.4 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Duxbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mayflower Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- George Kingsley Zipf1902-1950American statistician
- Ruth Graves Wakefield1903-1977American chef
- George Partridge1740-1828American politician
- Jerry Williams1923-2003American talk radio host
- Charles Clapp1923-2004American judge
- Richard Montgomery Field1885-1961American geologist
- Elisabeth Weber-Fülöp1883-1966Hungarian-born painter
- Richard W. Day1916-1978Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy
- William G. Vinal1881-1976American outdoors educator
- William Seymour1855-1933American actor, stage manager, and director
- Fanny Seymour Field1892-1968
- Hermon C. Bumpus Jr.1888-1977American urologist
Show all 14 notable burials
- John Allyn1767-1833
- John Coleman Purves1896-1980American engineer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mayflower 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
42.03339, -70.69364
What Mayflower 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
- Myles Standish Burying GroundSouth Duxbury, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Saint John's Episcopal Church CemeteryDuxbury, MAEpiscopal cemetery1.0 mi
- Myles Standish Burying GroundSouth Duxbury, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Dingley CemeteryMarshfield, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryKingston, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Town Burial GroundKingston, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Old Burying GroundKingston, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Winslow CemeteryMarshfield, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Ashdod CemeteryNorth Pembroke, MACemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Joseph's CemeteryKingston, MACemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mayflower Cemetery
- Quincy Memorials Inc2.6 miMonument dealer · Kingston · (781) 585-5906
- Shepherd Funeral Homes3.4 miFuneral home · Kingston · (781) 585-4453
- Cartmell-Davis Funeral & Cremation Service3.9 miCremation provider · Plymouth · (508) 746-2231
- Bartlett Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (508) 746-3456
- MacDonald Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Marshfield · (781) 834-7320
- Cartmell Funeral Service, Inc.5.0 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (508) 746-2162
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