About Saint Benedicts Cemetery
Saint Benedicts Cemetery is a cemetery near Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.3 mi south of Springfield. The grounds sit at about 194 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Walsh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601063. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oak Grove Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Sampson's Chapel Of The Acres in Springfield, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Hampden County, and 78 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 Saint Benedicts Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- John Walsh1841-1924American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient born in Ireland
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Benedicts 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
42.11983, -72.58349
What Saint Benedicts 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
- Oak Grove CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Matthews CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.1 mi
- Springfield CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Fairview CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Holy Mother of the Rosary CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Rosary CemeteryChicopee, MACemetery1.5 mi
- Bay Path CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Cherry Lane CemeterySpringfield, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Old Meadow CemeteryWest Springfield, MACemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Benedicts Cemetery
- Sampson's Chapel Of The Acres0.2 miFuneral chapel · Springfield · (413) 782-5226
- Harrell Funeral Home Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 737-0641
- North End Funeral Home and Cremation0.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 732-5002
- City Cremations Inc.0.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 276-4222
- St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 737-1177
- Puerta Del Cielo Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Springfield · (413) 732-3253
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