Are there any burial plots available for purchase within the Town of Cumberland?

Yes, there are six public cemeteries within the Town of Cumberland, five of which have burial sites available for “purchase.” In more precise terms, the Town of Cumberland sells “rights of interment” to each burial site or “lot.” The five cemeteries with rights of interment available for purchase now are:

  1. Methodist Cemetery, Corner of Blackstrap and Upper Methodist Roads
  2. Universalist Cemetery, Morrison Hill (near corner of Gray Road and Mill Road)
  3. Farris Cemetery, Corner of Blanchard and Bruce Hill Roads
  4. Moss Side Cemetery, Main Street
  5. Foreside Cemetery, Route 88 at boundary of Falmouth and Cumberland

If anyone is interested in buying a right of interment in any of these cemeteries, they may contact any of the following people for more information: Cumberland Town Clerks Department, 829-5559, Superintendent of the Cumberland Cemeteries, Chris Stilkey of D.C. Stilkey & Son, Inc., 865-3940 All of these cemeteries are managed by the Cumberland Cemetery Association and payments for interment rights should be made to that organization.The Town of Cumberland, however, owns the cemetery lands and issues the rights of interment. Half of all sales proceeds are set aside in a perpetual care fund and the earnings from this fund are used to support the annual maintenance of the cemeteries.

If anyone is interested in purchasing a right of interment in Congregational Cemetery, which is at the corner of Tuttle Road and Main Street, the Association would explore the possibilities with the interested party. Fees and conditions for the purchase would be set taking the special conditions of this cemetery into account.