About North Cemetery
North Cemetery is a cemetery near Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It lies about 2.9 mi north of Peterborough. The grounds sit at about 1,056 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Harlow Shapley and Martha Betz Shapley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 868774. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jarmany Hill Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jellison Funeral Home in Peterborough, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 157 cemeteries we list in Hillsborough County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 157 listings in Hillsborough County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Peterborough. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at North Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists.
- Harlow Shapley1885-1972American astronomer
- Martha Betz Shapley1890-1981American astronomer
People whose Wikidata entry gives North 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
42.83131, -71.93444
What North 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
- Jarmany Hill CemeteryTemple, NHCemetery1.9 mi
- East Hill CemeteryPeterborough, NHCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Peters Old CemeteryPeterborough, NHCemetery3.4 mi
- MacLaurin Family CemeteryPeterborough, NHFamily cemetery3.5 mi
- Village CemeteryPeterborough, NHMunicipal cemetery3.5 mi
- Seccomb CemeteryPeterborough, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Pine Hill CemeteryPeterborough, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Secombe Burying GroundPeterborough, NHCemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Patrick CemeteryJaffrey, NHCemetery4.0 mi
- Old Town CemeteryPeterborough, NHMunicipal cemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near North Cemetery
- Jellison Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Peterborough · (603) 924-3511
- Cournoyer Funeral Home & Cremation Center4.8 miFuneral home · Jaffrey · (603) 532-6484
- Michaud Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Wilton · (603) 654-6524
- Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Winchendon · (978) 297-0077
- Smith & Heald Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Milford · (603) 673-1422
- Brookline Chapel16 miFuneral home · Brookline
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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