About African Burial Ground
African Burial Ground is a cemetery near Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 23 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2789513. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Farrell Funeral Home in Portsmouth, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 277 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, Portsmouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.07499, -70.75894
What African Burial Ground 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
- Saint Johns CemeteryPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.3 mi
- Union CemeteryPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.3 mi
- North CemeteryPortsmouth, NHChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- Point of Grave Burial GroundPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.4 mi
- Willey LotKittery, MECemetery0.6 mi
- Proprietors CemeteryPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.6 mi
- Rice CemeteryKittery, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Rice LotKittery, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Badger Fernald LotKittery, MECemetery1.1 mi
- Spinney PlotKittery, MECemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near African Burial Ground
- Farrell Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (603) 436-5418
- J Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel0.5 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (603) 436-1702
- Northeast Cremation Service0.5 miCremation provider · Portsmouth · (603) 600-4158
- J.s. Pelkey & Son Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Kittery · (207) 439-4900
- Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · York · (207) 363-3531
- Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory9.1 miCremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
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