METHUEN CEMETERIES
(From "A Guide to Cemeteries in Essex County, Massachusetts," published
in 1991 by the Essex Society of Genealogists, Inc.)
1. ELMWOOD CEMETERY 1700 to present
Location 130 North Lowell Street
Caretaker Methuen Department of Public Works
Description 30 acres. Old part goes back to 1700
(no names on plot map). From June 1908 to
present, 250-300 burials per year
Records Death books from 1908 to present at
130 North Lowell
2. MEETING HOUSE HILL BURYING GROUND 1728 to present
Location Berkeley Street
Caretaker Methuen Department of Public Works
Description Entrance on Berkeley St. Area bounded by
East St.,Brook St., and Berkeley St.
Records Book listing burials published in 1897.
At Nevins Library and at Town Clerk's
office
3. VILLAGE BURYING GROUND 1832 to present
Location Opposite the Presentation of Mary
Academy, behind the wall
Caretaker Methuen Department of Public Works
Records Books with lists, published in 1897, at
Nevins Library and in Town Clerk's
office. A book with inscriptions is in
process of being published by the Methuen
Historical Commission
4. WALNUT GROVE CEMETERY 1850 to present
Location Grove Street
Caretaker Stephen P. Carney, Supt., 2 Weybosset
St., Methuen, MA 01844
Description 14 acres. Privately funded, with Board of
Directors.
Tenney Memorial Chapel given by Tenney
family
Earliest burial estimated to be 1850.
Number of burials before 1960 unknown.
1960 to present, 896 burials
Records Stephen P. Carney, Supt., 2 Weybosset
St., Methuen, MA 01844
Records back to 1933, but not location
1960 to present - record name and
location
5. ST. ANTHONY'S CEMETERY 1918 to present
Location North Lowell Street
Caretaker Tuffic Hatem (508) 683-2083
Description 5.2 acres
Records Rectory of St. Anthony's Maronite Church,
145 Amesbury St. Lawrence, Mass.
6. HILLSIDE ACRES (Pet cemetery) 1917 to present
Location Main Gate on Broadway, Methuen
Caretaker MSPCA, 400 Broadway, Methuen
Description Founded in 1917 on land donated by Nevins
Family. It is visible on the south side
of Rte 213, and could be mistaken for a
children's burial ground from the road.
Records List of burials only from 1933 to 1960
7. LITHUANIAN NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1917 - present
(Lietuviu Tautus Kataliku Kapines)
Location North Lowell Street, opposite Elmwood
Cemetery
Caretaker Lithuanian National Catholic Church, 150
Garden Street
Description 8 1/2 acres. About 30 graves in far back
have Russian inscriptions (1918-1919)
Records Names in Methuen Town Hall. A fire at the
Rectory a few years ago destroyed all
burial records. For more information,
John Kerry, 25 Tower Hill Street,
Lawrence, MA 01841 (508) 688-7186
8. POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY 1928 - present
(Polski Narodow Catolicki Cmentarz)
Location North Lowell Street, opposite Elmwood
Cemetery
Caretaker Superintendent and Administrator
Description A Parish cemetery, burial restricted to
members of the church. 18 acres.
Records In parish books. Cemetery plot maps are
available.
Pastor:Rev. Marian Gorzella, 38 Philips
St., Lawrence, MA
9. ST. PETER & PAUL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CEMETERY 1950 - present
Location North Lowell Street, past Elmwood
Cemetery, same side of street
Caretaker Methuen Department of Public Works
Description 7.9 acres Pillars at entrance
Records Plot map and some names in office, 130
North Lowell Street
