Exeter Cemetery in Exeter, New Hampshire

Exeter Cemetery is a cemetery in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It was established in 1843. It is operated by Exeter Cemetery Association. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 26 notable people buried here, including Nicholas Gilman, Gretchen Merrill and Amos Tuck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2789472. The nearest other listed cemetery is Winter Street Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brewitt Funeral Home in Exeter, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 131 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.

Among them: 5 US senators, 5 writers, 3 US representatives, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 baseball player, 1 governor.

• Nicholas Gilman1755-1814
  American politician
• Gretchen Merrill1925-1965
  Figure skater
• Amos Tuck1810-1879
  American politician
• Charles H. Bell1823-1893
  American politician
• Gilman Marston1811-1890
  Union United States Army general, politician
• John S. Wells1803-1860
  American politician
• James Bell1804-1857
  American politician
• Ambrose Swasey1846-1937
  American engineer
• Frank Conner1908-1944
  American hammer thrower
• Henry Shute1856-1943
  American lawyer and judge
• Marshall Snow1842-1916
  United States educator and historian
• Hal Janvrin1892-1962
  American baseball player

People whose Wikidata entry gives Exeter 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.

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.

• Winter Street Cemetery

  Exeter, NH
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Second Burial Ground

  Exeter, NH · est. 1600
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Shaw Cemetery

  Exeter, NH
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Scammon Cemetery

  Exeter, NH
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Pike Cemetery

  Exeter, NH
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Dudley Cemetery

  Exeter, NH
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Wadleigh Cemetery

  Kingston, NH
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Upper Yard Burial Ground

  Kensington, NH
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Village Cemetery

  Kensington, NH
  Municipal cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Kensington Town Cemetery

  Kensington, NH
  Municipal cemetery

  3.4 mi

• Brewitt Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Exeter · (603) 772-3554
  0.3 mi
• Stockbridge Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Exeter · (603) 772-0400
  1.2 mi
• Exeter Monument Works

  Monument dealer · Exeter · (603) 772-3571
  1.5 mi
• Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
  6.6 mi
• Cremation Society of New Hampshire

  Cremation provider · Hampton · (603) 622-1800
  6.6 mi
• Direct Cremation Of The Seacoast

  Cremation provider · Hampton · (603) 929-0040
  6.7 mi

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