Ten Mile Cemetery
6258 Medcalf Rd.
Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington 98226
360-398-9531
Also known as Central Cemetery
Ten Mile Cemetery in Whatcom County County was founded in 1885. In 1918 the cemetery was handed to the City of Lynden.
The Ten Mile Cemetery’s management was under the City of Lynden until 1929 when Ten Mile Cemetery Association took over after its formation. The association took over the administration until 2005 when the cemetery land was deeded again back to the City of Lynden.
The Ten Mile Cemetery has incorporated several graves from the local cemeteries. One of the notable relocations of graves is one done by Lynden Catholic Cemetery in 1995. After relocation, they erected a memorial with a list of names of the deceased whose graves were moved.
Ten Mile Cemetery in Lynden ranks number 1st out of the two cemeteries in Lynden City in terms of popularity. Further, it ranks 7th out of 22 cemeteries in Whatcom County County, 38th out of the 219 cemeteries in Washington State, and 2832 in the United States.
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Ten Mile Cemetery (some old records refer to this as Central Cemetery) is located South of Ten Mile Road near the intersection of Medcalf and Ten Mile Road (NW1/4 of SE1/4 of Sec 17, T39N R3E). From I-5, take the Sumas exit/Exit256 (State Highway 539, Meridian St. and Lynden also are on the highway signage). Proceed north 6 miles on Meridian St. (which becomes Guide Meridian after about a mile) to Ten Mile Road. Turn right (east) and continue 1.5 miles to the cemetery entrance.
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