About Pine Hill Cemetery
Pine Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It lies about 0.8 mi east of Westfield. The grounds sit at about 226 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Frederick H. Gillett, Charles Axtell and Joseph B. Ely. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 601386. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mechanic Street Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Firtion-Adams Funeral Services in Westfield, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Hampden County, and 61 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, Westfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pine Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Frederick H. Gillett1851-1935American politician
- Charles Axtell1859-1932Sport shooter
- Joseph B. Ely1881-1956American politician
- Harold North Fowler1859-1955American classical philologist and archaeologist
- James C. Greenough1829-1924American educator and college president
- Helen Rand Thayer1863-1935American suffragist; settlement house co-founder
- Arthur Shimmin Kneil1861-1928Politician in Massachusetts, US
- C. Wendell King1916-1979
- Lewis Rufus Norton1821-1908Politician in Massachusetts, US
- Lucius Harrison Thayer1857-1931Born 1857; died 1931
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pine Hill 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
42.12088, -72.76420
What Pine Hill 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
- Mechanic Street CemeteryWestfield, MA · est. 1677Municipal cemetery1.0 mi
- West Parish CemeteryWestfield, MA · est. 1835Church cemetery2.0 mi
- Mundale CemeteryWestfield, MAMunicipal cemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryWestfield, MACemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryWestfield, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Paucatuck CemeteryWest Springfield, MACemetery4.4 mi
- Middle Farms CemeterySouthampton, MACemetery4.7 mi
- Owen District CemeteryWestfield, MACemetery5.0 mi
- Northeast CemeteryGranville, MACemetery5.1 mi
- New CemeterySouthwick, MACemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Pine Hill Cemetery
- Firtion-Adams Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Westfield · (413) 562-6244
- Legacy Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Westfield · (413) 562-5576
- Firtion Adams Funeral Service1.8 miFuneral home · Westfield · (413) 568-7697
- Blais Fairview Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Westfield · (413) 533-3307
- Avalon Life Celebration Center & Cremation Services, Llc3.3 miCremation provider · Southwick · (413) 569-0571
- Southwick Forastiere Funeral & Cremation3.9 miCremation provider · Southwick
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