Join us at Dunbarton Center Cemetery in Dunbarton, NH on Thursday June 4th, 2026!
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Dunbarton Center Cemetery
1011 School Street Dunbarton, NH 03046
6/04/2026 9am-3pm

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Dunbarton Cemetery Trustees
Dunbarton Cemeteries
Dunbarton, New Hampshire
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Location Details (keep scrolling for Google maps)

Local contact info for any questions: Cemetery Trustees - cemeterytrustee@dunbartonnh.org - (860) 774-3541

Parking: Parking available in the cemetery by entering through the gate off of Stark Highway (by cemetery sign). Parking along Stark Hwy in front of the cemetery. Parking along Stark Hwy across from the cemetery in front of the church. 

Cemetery Background/Info

It has been said that early settlers followed the custom of establishing a graveyard near the meetinghouse. The first graveyard was located on Parsonage land on the southern side of the Common, on or near the location of the Dunbarton Telephone Company buildings. This spot was referred to as Prospect Hill. Town history states that the first burial was probably for Samuel Stinson, whose estate was settled in 1759. The land was found to have too much ledge for burials, and thus the cemetery was moved to its present site. The earliest entry for Center Cemetery’s present location was in 1767, when it was voted that “the Selectmen build a pound and fence the graveyard.” It was also voted "that any person or persons who shall not come, or send a hand to help build said pound and fence the graveyard…shall pay three shillings, lawful money, to the selectmen, to be collected by the constable.”  In 1800, bids were again sought for fencing of the graveyard. Among the specifications was, “the Bids shall be by the rod (16½ linear feet) and nothing short of ten cents will be considered a bid.” In 1803, the selectmen set the bounds of the Common. 

Dunbarton Center cemetery has 141 veterans from various wars interred, of which 22 were from the Revolutionary War.

Entrance at rear of town office

Entrance from Stark Highway