Massachusetts
Worcester
City of Worcester

Rural Cemetery

Rural Cemetery is located on 180 Grove Street in . More than 13,000 people are buried at the cemetery, including congressmen, mayors, governors, and professional people.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Rural Cemetery & Crematory”, “Rural Cemetery, Worcester”, and “Worcester Rural Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Institute Park and Clark University.

Park
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is a public park in . Founded on donated land in 1887, it is located next to the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The park is 24.6 acres in size.

University
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is a private research university in , United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the United States. is situated 1 mile southwest of Rural Cemetery.

Library
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The , located in , is both a learned society and a national research library of pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Rural Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Historic District and Hammond Heights.

Neighborhood
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The in is a 5-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Hamlet
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is an historic neighborhood subdivision on the west side of . It includes properties along Germain, Haviland, Highland, and Westland Streets and Institute Road, most of which were built between 1890 and 1918, and is a good example of a turn-of-the-century residential subdivision, with a diversity of period architectural styles.

Neighborhood
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The is an expansive residential area in northwestern . It is centered on Cedar and William Streets, and includes properties on adjacent streets.

Rural Cemetery

Latitude
42.28067° or 42° 16′ 50″ north
Longitude
-71.80253° or 71° 48′ 9″ west
Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)
Open location code
87JC75JW+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 90513456
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4949238
Wiki­data ID
Q16899497
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tatar—“Rural Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cementiri Rural de Worcester”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות הכפרי”
  • Japanese: “農村墓地”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério Rural”
  • Slovenian: “Rural Cemetery”
  • Swedish: “Rural Cemetery”
  • Tatar: “авыл зираты”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rural Cemetery”. Photo: LEONARDO DASILVA, CC BY 3.0.