Cemeteries of Belchertown throughout its History

cemeteryorder / typeyear startedcalledlocation
Bacon Family Cemetery0
family
was in Enfield but was taken out due to Quabbin
Blue Meadow Cemetery0was in Enfield but was taken out due to Quabbin
Dwight Cemetery4th1790Cemetery Road near Federal and Amherst Streets
Evergreen Cemetery5th1795Munsell Street
Hillcrest Cemetery7th
neighborhood
1807Bardwell and Pine Streets
Jenks Cemetery8th
family
1845at the corner of South Street and South Liberty Street
Kimball Cemetery10th
family
186740 Kimball St
and then 1000 feet into the woods
Lake Vale Cemetery2nd
neighborhood
1755Bay Road near Metacomet Street near Sarah Lane
Liberty Cemetery6th1801near South Street near the Ludlow border
Mount Hope Cemetery9th
neighborhood
1846North Cemeterycenter of town
Rural Cemetery3rd
churchyard
1769also known as Coleman Dark Corner Cemeteryon Rural Street
South Cemetery1st1743called Old Belchertown Cemeteryon Mill Valley Road (route 181)
Warner Pine Grove Memorial Cemetery11th
lawn
1925Belchertown State School burial groundsTurkey Hill Road

Cemeteries in the Quabbin area at the Digital Commonwealth – LINK

Walter Corbin data is found at the LINK

As for the Catholic burials, since there is no cemetery for them in town, they used the Saint Thomas Cemetery of Palmer if they lived in the southwestern part of the town and the Saint Brigid’s Cemetery of Hadley if they lived in the northeastern part of the town. The Polish used the Saint Anne’s Cemetery of Palmer when it opened up.

The Jewish people of the town would use the Northampton site.

There seems to be no Native American sites.

Quabbin cemeteries that were moved from Enfield and would now be in Belchertown would be Woodlawn, Church, and Cemetery Hill.

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