About Benjamin Franklin's Grave
Benjamin Franklin's Grave is a cemetery near Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.8 mi west of Philadelphia. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1196756. The nearest funeral home we know of is Choi Funeral Home in Philadelphia, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 179 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Philadelphia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.95241, -75.14826
What Benjamin Franklin's Grave 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
- Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAChristian cemetery0.0 mi
- Saint Augustine's ChurchyardPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAEpiscopal cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Mikveh Israel CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Old Pine Street ChurchyardPhiladelphia, PAPresbyterian cemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Peter's CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAEpiscopal cemetery0.6 mi
- Gloria Dei Episcopal Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Mikveh Israel Federal Street CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAJewish cemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Benjamin Franklin's Grave
- Choi Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 629-1923
- Philadelphia Cremation Society0.9 miCremation provider · Upper Darby · (610) 572-7078
- Rachubinski Funeral Homes1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 468-7344
- Pelzer Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 467-4561
- Savin Funeral Home Inc.1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 765-7065
- W. D. Jackson & John H. Joynes Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 763-9771
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