About Durham Cemetery
Durham Cemetery is a cemetery near Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire. It lies about 2.0 mi southeast of Durham. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Ralph Delahaye Paine, Edward Thomson Fairchild and Andy Mooradian. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 866669. The nearest other listed cemetery is Demeritt Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Purdy Memorial Chapel in Lee, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 185 cemeteries we list in Strafford County, and 171 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Durham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Durham Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 journalist, 1 scientist, 1 writer.
- Ralph Delahaye Paine1871-1925American journalist and author, later politician
- Edward Thomson Fairchild1854-1917College President
- Andy Mooradian1923-1994American football player and coach
- Alma Drayer Jackson1883-1945American entomologist and university teacher
- C. Floyd Jackson1882-1970American biologist
- Herbert W. Jackson1911-2002American biologist
- Ruth Bransford Manton1900-1974American teacher and horticulturist
- William Wayne Shirley1900-1973American librarian
People whose Wikidata entry gives Durham 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
43.14778, -70.96084
What Durham 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
- Demeritt CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery0.5 mi
- Indian GravesDurham, NHCemetery0.7 mi
- Hoitt CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery0.7 mi
- Demeritt CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery0.8 mi
- Woodman CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery0.9 mi
- Paul Randall Crypt and Jones CemeteryLee, NHCemetery1.0 mi
- Randall CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery1.0 mi
- Woodman CemeteryDurham, NHCemetery1.0 mi
- Old Parish CemeteryDurham, NHChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Page cemeteryDurham, NHCemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Durham Cemetery
- Purdy Memorial Chapel2.8 miFuneral chapel · Lee · (603) 868-2100
- Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory5.5 miCremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
- Tasker Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Dover · (603) 742-4961
- Wiggin Purdy McCooey Dion Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Dover · (603) 742-1017
- Roberge Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Somersworth · (603) 692-3434
- Bernier Funeral Home8.8 miFuneral home · Somersworth · (603) 692-2160
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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