About Prospect Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 210 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Jack Sharkey, Abraham Plumer and Sarah Longfellow Cilley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1914468. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sleeper Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brewitt Funeral Home in Epping, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 122 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rockingham County dates to 1600. 3 of the 183 listings in Rockingham County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Epping. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prospect Cemetery
Among them: 1 boxer.
- Jack Sharkey1902-1994American boxer
- Abraham Plumer1796-1873
- Sarah Longfellow Cilley1799-1880
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prospect 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
43.03791, -71.08412
What Prospect 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
- Sleeper CemeteryEpping, NHCemetery1.5 mi
- Plumer CemeteryEpping, NHCemetery1.6 mi
- Ladd CemeteryEpping, NHCemetery1.9 mi
- Quaker CemeteryEpping, NHQuaker cemetery2.0 mi
- Ham CemeteryRaymond, NH · est. 1750Cemetery3.1 mi
- Rollins - Dame CemeteryNottingham, NHCemetery3.2 mi
- Lawrence Yard CemeteryEpping, NHCemetery3.2 mi
- Sanborn CemeteryBrentwood, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Haley CemeteryLee, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Gove CemeteryNottingham, NHCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Cemetery
- Brewitt Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Epping · (603) 679-5391
- Brewitt Funeral & Cremation Services5.0 miCremation provider · Raymond · (603) 895-3628
- Stockbridge Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Exeter · (603) 772-0400
- Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory7.6 miCremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
- Brewitt Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Exeter · (603) 772-3554
- Exeter Monument Works8.3 miMonument dealer · Exeter · (603) 772-3571
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