About Snow Cemetery
Snow Cemetery is a cemetery near Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 115 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Susan Glaspell, Hans Hofmann and Gerrit Beneker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602522. The nearest other listed cemetery is Methodist Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nickerson Funeral Home in Wellfleet, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Barnstable County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 116 listings in Barnstable County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Truro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Snow Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 architect, 1 journalist, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 scientist.
- Susan Glaspell1876-1948American writer
- Hans Hofmann1880-1966German-American painter
- Gerrit Beneker1882-1934American illustrator and painter
- Thelma Given1896-1977American violinist
- Paul Chavchavadze1899-1971Writer and translator
- William H. W. Bicknell1860-1947American painter and printmaker
- Mary Ellen Vorse Boyden1907-1974Daughter of Mary Heaton Vorse
- Robert Lomond Swain1913-1962Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 1941
People whose Wikidata entry gives Snow 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
41.99772, -70.05477
What Snow 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
- Methodist CemeteryTruro, MAMethodist cemetery0.2 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryTruro, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Hill of Churches Hills of Storms CemeteryTruro, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryTruro, MACemetery1.5 mi
- New South CemeteryTruro, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Old North CemeteryTruro, MACemetery2.1 mi
- Lombard Burial GroundWellfleet, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryWellfleet, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Oakdale CemeteryWellfleet, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Our Lady of LourdesWellfleet, MACemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Snow Cemetery
- Nickerson Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Wellfleet · (508) 349-3441
- Gately Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Provincetown
- Nickerson Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Orleans · (508) 255-0259
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations22 miFuneral home · Harwich · (508) 432-6696
- Nickerson Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Chatham · (508) 945-1166
- Hallett Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · South Yarmouth · (508) 398-2285
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- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.