Saint Francis Cemetery

Saint Francis Cemetery is a cemetery in City of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Saint Francis Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Oakland, as well as near Westville.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taunton State Hospital and Taunton Public Library.

Taunton State Hospital

Hospital

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Taunton State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located on Hodges Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it was originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton. Taunton State Hospital is situated 2 miles east of Saint Francis Cemetery.

Taunton Public Library

Library

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Taunton Public Library is the public library of Taunton, Massachusetts. It is located at 12 Pleasant Street, in an architecturally distinguished Beaux Arts building built in 1903 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, to which a modern addition was made in 1979. Taunton Public Library is situated 2½ miles east of Saint Francis Cemetery.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Cemetery

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Crocker, Cohannet, and Barnum Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts. Opened in 1836, but based on a family burial ground dating to the early 18th century, it is the fourth garden cemetery in the U.S. rural cemeteries, based on the early Victorian model of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is situated 2½ miles east of Saint Francis Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakland and Westville.

Oakland

Hamlet

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Taunton is a city in and the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River, which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount Hope Bay, 10 miles to the south.

Westville

Hamlet

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Westville is one of five primary historic neighborhoods of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts. Although these neighborhoods are not census-designated areas, they are municipally designated populated regions of the city.

Taunton

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Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green.

Saint Francis Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: City of Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.90677° or 41° 54′ 24″ north

Longitude

-71.14171° or 71° 8′ 30″ west

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

87HCWV45+P8

GeoNames ID

4949516

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