About West Avon Cemetery
West Avon Cemetery is a cemetery near Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.0 mi northeast of Avon. The grounds sit at about 292 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Oswald Langdon Woodford. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1950879. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beth El Temple Jewish Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center in Avon, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 201 cemeteries we list in Hartford County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hartford County dates to 1640. 6 of the 201 listings in Hartford County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Avon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Avon Cemetery
- Oswald Langdon Woodford1827-1870Politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Avon Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.79087, -72.85932
What West Avon Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Beth El Temple Jewish CemeteryAvon, CTJewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Ann's CemeteryAvon, CTChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryAvon, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Avon Center CemeteryAvon, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryCollinsville, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Cider Brook CemeteryAvon, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Farmington Valley Jewish CemeteryAvon, CTJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryFarmington, CTChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Hillside CemeteryFarmington, CTCemetery2.6 mi
- Cemetery (Canton Spring Road)Canton Valley, CTCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near West Avon Cemetery
- Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center0.2 miFuneral home · Avon · (860) 673-8610
- Farmington Valley Memorials1.7 miMonument dealer · Avon · (860) 217-0420
- Mountain View Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Avon · (800) 535-9477
- Ahern Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Unionville · (860) 673-2601
- Vincent Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Canton · (860) 693-0251
- Taylor And Modeen funeral home6.5 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 521-4400
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