Longwood Cemetery in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Longwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.5 mi southwest of Kennett Square. The grounds sit at about 453 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Bayard Taylor, Marie Hansen-Taylor and Charles Frederick Taylor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1211908. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Kennett Friends Burial Ground, about 1.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation Of Matthew Genereux Inc in Kennett Square, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 287 cemeteries we list in Chester County, and 92 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 287 listings in Chester County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kennett Square. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 writers, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist.

• Bayard Taylor1825-1878
  United States poet, novelist and travel writer
• Marie Hansen-Taylor1829-1925
  German writer and translator
• Charles Frederick Taylor1840-1863
  Union Army colonel
• Benjamin C. Bacon1803-1874
  American secretary and clerk
• Hannah M. Darlington1808-1890
  American activist
• Hannah Cox1795-1876
  Quaker abolitionist 1795-1876
• T. T. Purvis1827-1900
  American writer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Longwood 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.

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.

• Old Kennett Friends Burial Ground

  Kennett Square, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Parkersville Friends Meeting Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Saint Patrick Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Union Hill Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Marlborough Friends Burial Ground

  Kennett Square, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  2.5 mi
• South Meadow Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Methodist cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Pennsbury Union American Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

  West Chester, PA
  Methodist cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Unionville Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Bucktoe Cemetery

  Kennett Square, PA
  Cemetery

  4.5 mi

• Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation Of Matthew Genereux Inc

  Funeral home · Kennett Square · (610) 388-6070
  0.3 mi
• Kuzo Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · Kennett Square · (610) 444-4116
  2.7 mi
• Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.

  Cremation provider · Kennett Square · (484) 734-8100
  2.7 mi
• Chandler Funeral Homes and Crematory

  Cremation provider · Hockessin · (302) 478-7100
  5.7 mi
• Founds-Feryo Cremation and Burial Services, LLC.

  Cremation provider · West Chester · (610) 696-0134
  7.2 mi
• DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · West Chester · (610) 696-1181
  7.4 mi

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