About Oak Grove Cemetery
Oak Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It lies about 2.0 mi southwest of Springfield. The grounds sit at about 213 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 29 notable people buried here, including Rachel Fuller Brown, Daniel B. Wesson and Luther Halsey Gulick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 606730. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bay Path Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harrell Funeral Home Inc in Springfield, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Hampden County, and 79 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hampden County dates to 1677. 2 of the 103 listings in Hampden County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Springfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Grove Cemetery
Among them: 5 architects, 2 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 scientists, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 US representative.
- Rachel Fuller Brown1898-1980American chemist
- Daniel B. Wesson1825-1906American gunsmith
- Luther Halsey Gulick1892-1993American academic
- Gladys Anslow1892-1969American physicist
- Luther Gulick1865-1918American physical education instructor, international basketball official, & co-founder Camp Fire Girls
- Ron Brace1986-2016Player of American football
- Will Kirk Kaynor1884-1929American politician
- Henry Wriston1889-1978President of Brown University
- Cynthia Wesson1886-1981American athlete
- Edwin Francis Lyford1857-1929American politician and lawyer in Massachusetts
- Luke M. Griswold1837-1882
- Charles H. Knight1839-1904American Civil War soldier
Show all 29 notable burials
- Frank N. Seerley1859-1946American football coach
- George H. Van Norman1861-1924
- Katherine Tryon Shepherd Smith1844-1926American poet
- Philip Stafford Moxom1848-1923Canadian-American clergyman
- William B. Reid1865-1929
- Ashley B. Tower1847-1901American architect
- Benjamin Hammett Seabury1856-1945
- Charles LeFevre Gardner1839-1913Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Joseph Hawes Wesson1859-1920Smith & Wesson Heir
- Lucius L. Bridge1869-1921
- Mrs Avery J. Smith1834-1921Botanical collector in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Orick Herman Greenleaf1823-1896
- Robert Woods Kennedy1911-1985American architect and urban planner
- Sarah Jeannette Wesson1848-1927
- Vera Wesson1884-1966
- Walter Herbert Wesson1850-1921Smith & Wesson Heir
- William W. McClench1854-1928
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Grove 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
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What Oak Grove 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
- Bay Path CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Benedicts CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Michaels CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Springfield CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Fairview CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.7 mi
- Holy Mother of the Rosary CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Rosary CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Polish National CemeterySpringfield, MANational cemetery1.8 mi
- Cherry Lane CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Matthews CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Grove Cemetery
- Harrell Funeral Home Inc0.4 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 737-0641
- Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 732-3253
- Henderson's Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 737-3316
- Sampson's Chapel Of The Acres1.1 miFuneral chapel · Springfield · (413) 782-5226
- Hendersons Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 737-3316
- North End Funeral Home and Cremation1.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 732-5002
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