About Chester Friends Cemetery
Chester Friends Cemetery is a quaker cemetery near Brookhaven, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Brookhaven. The grounds sit at about 98 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799966. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Michaels Roman Catholic Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nolan-Fidale Funeral Home in Parkside, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 120 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 110 listings in Delaware County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brookhaven. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.86960, -75.36394
What Chester Friends 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
- Saint Michaels Roman Catholic CemeteryChester, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Michael CemeteryChester, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Chester Rural CemeteryParkside, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Ohey Sholom CemeteryBrookhaven, PAJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Upland Baptist Church CemeteryUpland, PABaptist cemetery1.5 mi
- Leiper Presbyterian CemeterySwarthmore, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.5 mi
- Old Saint Paul's Burying GroundChester, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.6 mi
- Eastlawn CemeteryFolsom, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Old Union United Methodist CemeteryMedia, PAMethodist cemetery1.9 mi
- Swarthmore Presbyterian Church Memorial GardenSwarthmore, PAMemorial park2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Chester Friends Cemetery
- Nolan-Fidale Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Parkside
- Lewis M. Hunt-Irving Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Chester · (610) 872-2500
- Carr Funeral Home Ltd0.5 miFuneral home · Wallingford · (610) 874-3655
- Danjolell Memorial Home0.6 miFuneral home · Nether Providence Twp · (610) 874-7700
- Francis Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Upland · (610) 874-0500
- Lewis M. Hunt-Irving Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Chester
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chester Friends Cemetery a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker 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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