About Center Cemetery
Center Cemetery is a cemetery near Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts. It lies about 4.7 mi northwest of Wendell. The grounds sit at about 1,096 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2789684. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mountain View Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Witty's Funeral Home in Orange, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 139 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Franklin County dates to 1760. 1 of the 139 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wendell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.50068, -72.33083
What Center 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
- Mountain View CemeteryShutesbury, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Branch CemeteryAthol, MACemetery3.7 mi
- South CemeteryWendell, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Wendell Center CemeteryWendell, MACemetery4.7 mi
- Holtshire CemeteryOrange, MACemetery4.8 mi
- South CemeteryOrange, MACemetery4.8 mi
- Locks Hill CemeteryShutesbury, MA · est. 1936Cemetery5.4 mi
- Northwest CemeteryAthol, MACemetery5.5 mi
- West Street CemeteryPhillipston, MACemetery5.6 mi
- Fay CemeteryAthol, MACemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Center Cemetery
- Witty's Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 544-3160
- Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Orange · (978) 575-0575
- Mack Family Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Athol
- Higgins O'Connor Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-4139
- Fiske Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Athol · (978) 249-6053
- Douglass Funeral Service13 miFuneral home · Amherst · (413) 253-3407
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