About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Laconia. The grounds sit at about 512 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Fletcher Hale, Ellery Albee Hibbard and Charles A. Busiel. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 870573. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sacred Heart Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home and 603Cremations.com in Laconia, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Belknap County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 57 listings in Belknap County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Laconia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 governor.
- Fletcher Hale1883-1931American politician
- Ellery Albee Hibbard1826-1903American politician
- Charles A. Busiel1842-1901American politician
- John Adams Harper1779-1816American congressman for New Hampshire
- Stephen S. Jewett1858-1932American politician
- Joseph Wentworth1877-1944American football player, coach, and lawyer
- Laura A. Durgin Carter1839-1922American botanical collector
- Louis B. Martin1874-1947American publisher
- Thomas J. Whipple1816-1889American military officer and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union 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
43.51757, -71.46813
What Union 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
- Sacred Heart CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Lamberts CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery0.5 mi
- Hillside CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery1.9 mi
- County CemeteryLaconia, NHMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
- Bayside CemeteryGilford, NHCemetery3.3 mi
- Round Bay CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery3.4 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryGilford, NHCemetery3.7 mi
- McCoy CemeteryGilford, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Mead CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery4.1 mi
- Union CemeteryLaconia, NHCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Laconia Monument Co0.2 miMonument dealer · Laconia · (603) 524-4675
- Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home and 603Cremations.com0.9 miFuneral home · Laconia · (603) 524-4300
- Emmons Funeral Home Inc0.9 miFuneral home · Bristol · (603) 744-3358
- Paquette-Neun Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Northfield · (603) 286-4751
- Mayhew Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Meredith · (603) 279-4007
- Smart Memorial Home8.9 miFuneral home · Tilton · (603) 286-3132
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