About Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery is a cemetery near Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.3 mi northwest of Weymouth. The grounds sit at about 56 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Buster Burrell and Benjamin Starks Lovell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600614. The nearest other listed cemetery is Waterman Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Peck Funeral Homes in Weymouth, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Norfolk County, and 125 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Norfolk County dates to 1651. 12 of the 124 listings in Norfolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Weymouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairmount Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Buster Burrell1866-1962American baseball player
- Benjamin Starks Lovell1844-1900Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairmount 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
42.20843, -70.92032
What Fairmount 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
- Waterman CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Francis Xavier CemeteryWeymouth, MACatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Olde CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery1.5 mi
- High Street CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1681Cemetery1.8 mi
- Fort Hill CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1751Cemetery1.9 mi
- Reed CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Paul's CemeteryHingham, MA · est. 1877Cemetery2.1 mi
- Village CemeteryWeymouth, MAChristian cemetery2.1 mi
- North Weymouth CemeteryWeymouth, MACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fairmount Cemetery
- Peck Funeral Homes0.5 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 337-0093
- McDonald Keohane Funeral Home - East1.0 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 335-0045
- Mortuary Services2.1 miMortuary · Weymouth · (781) 337-1189
- Lucid-Clancy Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Weymouth · (781) 337-1414
- Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel2.5 miFuneral chapel · Hingham · (781) 749-0340
- Pyne Keohane Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Hingham · (781) 749-0310
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