About West Tisbury Village Cemetery
West Tisbury Village Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts. The grounds sit at about 33 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Edward McNamara, Percy Elton Cowen and Sonya Schulberg O'Sullivan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1974942. The nearest other listed cemetery is Christiantown Memorial Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Oak Bluffs, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 21 cemeteries we list in Dukes County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Tisbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 writer.
- Edward McNamara1884-1944American actor
- Percy Elton Cowen1888-1923American artist
- Sonya Schulberg O'Sullivan1918-2016Writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Tisbury Village 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 West Tisbury Village 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
- Christiantown Memorial CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Mingo CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery2.8 mi
- Chilmark CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Lamberts Cove CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery4.0 mi
- Sailors Burying Ground CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery4.7 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Hebrew CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAJewish cemetery5.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery5.4 mi
- South End CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery5.7 mi
- Tisbury Village CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAMunicipal cemetery5.8 mi
- Farm Neck CemeteryOak Bluffs, MACemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near West Tisbury Village Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations4.9 miFuneral home · Oak Bluffs · (508) 693-1495
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations12 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Grace Memorial Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations15 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Chapman, Cole, & Gleason Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · West Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations18 miFuneral home · Mashpee · (508) 477-4025
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