Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Bridgewater, MA
Bridgewater is a town with a city form of government (officially the Town of Bridgewater), in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with a population of about 28,633. Public map data lists 18 cemeteries here.
Bridgewater cemetery list 18
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Conant Street Cemetery
Conant Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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First Cemetery
Summer Street and Plymouth Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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First Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
Aldritch Road, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Great Woods Cemetery
415 Titicut Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Harlow Cemetery
Cherry Street and Holly Lane, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Hillside Cemetery
191 Auburn Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Jennings Hill Cemetery
Plain Street and High Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Mount Prospect Cemetery
Mount Prospect Street and Crane Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Old Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
Center Street and Mary Lane, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Pine Street Cemetery
Pine Street and Ivy Circle, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Pratt Town Cemetery
Walnut Street and Orange Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery
62 Aldrich Road, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Scotland Cemetery
Pleasant Street and Brownfield Drive, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Smallpox Cemetery
Conant Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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South Street Cemetery
1530 South Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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State Farm Cemetery
625 Conant Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Trinity Church Cemetery
Main Street and Rowayne Park, Bridgewater, MA 02324
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Vernon Street Cemetery
Vernon Street and Cross Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
Locations are approximate and come from public USGS data, which may be incomplete. Small family plots are often unmarked or missing. Please respect private property.
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Finding burial records in Bridgewater
- Bridgewater town clerk. The town clerk's office can help with death records for people who died in Bridgewater, and statewide records are kept by the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics in Dorchester (records from 1936 on). Recent records are usually restricted to close family; older ones are more widely available.
- Cemetery records. Ask the town clerk or the cemetery department (often under public works) who keeps burial and lot records. Many towns have elected cemetery commissioners.
- Old town reports. Annual town reports often listed each year's deaths. Try the Bridgewater public library or the nearest library that keeps them.
- Local historical society. Historical societies often hold gravestone transcriptions, cemetery surveys and family files. The Massachusetts Historical Society and the Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point in Boston are good statewide sources.
- Plymouth County probate and deeds. Wills and estates are at the Plymouth County Probate and Family Court. Deeds are at the registry of deeds district that covers Bridgewater; some counties have more than one, so check the Secretary of the Commonwealth's registry list.
- FamilySearch. The free FamilySearch site has indexed Massachusetts vital records and town records that can confirm a death date before you visit.