About Plains Cemetery
Plains Cemetery is a cemetery near Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 315 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Justin Harvey Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1917214. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pine Grove Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium in Boscawen, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 141 cemeteries we list in Merrimack County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boscawen. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Plains Cemetery
Among them: 1 Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Justin Harvey Smith1857-1930American historian
People whose Wikidata entry gives Plains 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
43.31200, -71.61658
What Plains 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
- Pine Grove CemeteryBoscawen, NHCemetery1.4 mi
- New Hampshire State Veterans CemeteryBoscawen, NHVeterans cemetery1.8 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryBoscawen, NHCemetery2.0 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery2.9 mi
- Zions Hill CemeteryCanterbury, NHCemetery3.1 mi
- Merrimack County Poorhouse GraveyardBoscawen, NHCemetery3.5 mi
- Horse Hill CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery4.3 mi
- Beaverdam CemeteryWebster, NHCemetery4.6 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryEast Concord, NHCemetery4.7 mi
- Corser Hill CemeteryWebster, NHCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Plains Cemetery
- Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium0.1 miCremation provider · Boscawen · (603) 625-5777
- Cremation Society of New Hampshire0.1 miCremation provider · Boscawen · (603) 622-1800
- Wendell J . Butt Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Boscawen
- Rivet Funeral Home & Crematorium4.6 miCremation provider · Merrimack · (603) 424-5530
- Bennett Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Concord · (603) 225-3517
- Paquette-Neun Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Northfield · (603) 286-4751
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