About Colebrook Cemetery
Colebrook Cemetery is a cemetery near Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It was established in 1828. The grounds sit at about 92 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including John R. Fox, Lennie Baker and Elmer Lawrence Corthell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600490. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Whitman, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 215 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 162 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Plymouth County dates to 1624. 7 of the 215 listings in Plymouth County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Whitman. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Colebrook Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran.
- John R. Fox1915-1944United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Lennie Baker1946-2016American musician
- Elmer Lawrence Corthell1840-1916American civil engineer
- Ebenezer Alden Dyer1857-1921Politician in Massachusetts, US
People whose Wikidata entry gives Colebrook 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
42.08507, -70.93190
What Colebrook 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
- Mount Zion CemeteryWhitman, MA · est. 1740Cemetery0.3 mi
- High Street CemeteryWhitman, MA · est. 1805Cemetery1.3 mi
- Bicknell Family TombAbington, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Saint James CemeteryWhitman, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Old Church Burying GroundAbington, MAChurch cemetery1.5 mi
- Torrey Family Burying GroundAbington, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Northville CemeteryWhitman, MACemetery1.6 mi
- Nash Family Tomb CemeteryAbington, MACemetery1.8 mi
- Island Grove CemeteryAbington, MACemetery1.9 mi
- Holy Family CemeteryRockland, MAFamily cemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Colebrook Cemetery
- Blanchard Funeral Chapel0.4 miFuneral chapel · Whitman · (781) 447-0170
- MacKinnon Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Whitman · (781) 447-4141
- Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Inc.0.7 miFuneral chapel · Whitman · (781) 447-0170
- Quincy Memorials Inc2.5 miMonument dealer · Abington · (781) 337-9314
- Leighton-MacKinnon Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Hanson · (781) 447-2344
- Quealy and Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service2.8 miFuneral home · Abington · (781) 878-2112
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