About Damascus Cemetery
Damascus Cemetery is a cemetery near Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.1 mi west of Branford. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 206578. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Agnes Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home in Branford, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in New Haven County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Haven County dates to 1793. 1 of the 163 listings in New Haven County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Branford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.28361, -72.77495
What Damascus 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
- Saint Agnes CemeteryBranford, CTChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Stony Creek CemeteryBranford, CT · est. 1866Cemetery1.2 mi
- Mill Plain CemeteryBranford, CTCemetery1.3 mi
- Tabor CemeteryBranford, CTLutheran cemetery1.5 mi
- Branford Center CemeteryBranford, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- Center CemeteryBranford, CTChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Cemetery (Route 80)North Branford, CTCemetery3.1 mi
- Leetes Island CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery3.2 mi
- Bare Plain CemeteryNorth Branford, CTCemetery3.7 mi
- West Side CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Damascus Cemetery
- W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Branford · (203) 488-3414
- W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Branford · (203) 488-3414
- Keenan Funeral Homes - Notch Hill3.0 miFuneral home · North Branford · (203) 481-3217
- Porto Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · East Haven · (203) 467-3000
- Guilford Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Guilford · (203) 453-3558
- Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · East Haven · (203) 467-2789
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