Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Mountain Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 41 notable people buried here, including P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby and General Tom Thumb. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 209077. The nearest other listed cemetery is Congregation Rodeph Sholom Memorial Park, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Larson Funeral Home Inc in Bridgeport, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fairfield County dates to 1680. 5 of the 242 listings in Fairfield County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 6 writers, 4 musicians, 3 actors, 3 business leaders, 3 scientists, 3 US representatives, 2 artists, 2 physicians.

• P. T. Barnum1810-1891
  American showman and politician
• Fanny Crosby1820-1915
  19th century Christian hymnist
• General Tom Thumb1838-1883
  American circus performer
• Vernon Dalhart1883-1948
  American country music singer
• Lavinia Warren1841-1919
  American circus performer
• Samuel Sanford1849-1910
  American musician
• Clarence A. Waldo1852-1926
  American mathematician
• Robert Lawson1892-1957
  American children's illustrator and writer
• Neal Ball1881-1957
  American baseball player
• Robert E. De Forest1845-1924
  American mayor
• William D. Bishop1827-1904
  American politician
• George L. Carlson1887-1962
  American illustrator

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mountain Grove 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.

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.

• Congregation Rodeph Sholom Memorial Park

  Bridgeport, CT
  Memorial park

  0.4 mi
• Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Old Stratfield Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT · est. 1680
  Christian cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Cong. Addath Israel Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Loyalty Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Lawncroft Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• B'nai Torah Cemetery

  Ried Street, Fairfield, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  1.7 mi
• East Cemetery

  Fairfield, CT
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Fairfield East Cemetery

  Fairfield, CT
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Park Cemetery

  Bridgeport, CT
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Willow Monument Works LLC

  Monument dealer · Bridgeport · (203) 335-0237
  0.3 mi
• Larson Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Bridgeport · (203) 335-2342
  0.4 mi
• Lester Gee Funeral Home of Bridgeport

  Funeral home · Bridgeport · (203) 335-5252
  0.5 mi
• Lester Gee Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bridgeport
  0.5 mi
• Community Funeral Chapels

  Funeral home · Bridgeport · (203) 334-9999
  1.2 mi
• Parente-Lauro Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Bridgeport · (203) 579-1494
  1.4 mi

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