About North Cemetery
North Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including John Langdon, William Whipple and Clement Storer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1914103. The nearest funeral home we know of is Farrell Funeral Home in Portsmouth, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Rockingham County, and 279 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.
Notable people buried at North Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 2 US representatives, 2 US senators, 1 physician, 1 Revolutionary War veteran.
- John Langdon1741-1819American politician and Founding Father
- William Whipple1730-1785American politician and Founding Father
- Clement Storer1760-1830American politician
- John Pickering1737-1805American jurist
- Woodbury Langdon1739-1805American politician
- John Samuel Sherburne1757-1830United States federal judge
- Elizabeth Parkhurst Spalding1803-1878
- Hall Jackson1739-1797American surgeon
- Samuel Hale1718-1807Educator; Jurist 1718-1807
- Sarah Warner Langdon1748-1827
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
43.07854, -70.76317
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
- Union CemeteryPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.0 mi
- African Burial GroundPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.4 mi
- Willey LotKittery, MECemetery0.5 mi
- Point of Grave Burial GroundPortsmouth, NHCemetery0.7 mi
- Rice CemeteryKittery, MECemetery0.8 mi
- Rice LotKittery, MECemetery0.8 mi
- Spinney PlotKittery, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Nicholas Spinney LotKittery, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Keen PlotKittery, MECemetery0.9 mi
Funeral homes near North Cemetery
- Farrell Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (603) 436-5418
- J Verne Wood Funeral Home - Buckminster Chapel0.7 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (603) 436-1702
- Northeast Cremation Service0.7 miCremation provider · Portsmouth · (603) 600-4158
- J.s. Pelkey & Son Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Kittery · (207) 439-4900
- Lucas & Eaton Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · York · (207) 363-3531
- Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home & Crematory8.9 miCremation provider · Newmarket · (603) 659-3344
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is North Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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