About Root Cemetery
Root Cemetery is a cemetery near Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 4.6 mi northwest of Canaan. The grounds sit at about 1,526 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 210294. The nearest other listed cemetery is Munson Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kenny Funeral Home in Norfolk, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 160 cemeteries we list in Litchfield County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 160 listings in Litchfield County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Canaan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.97375, -73.27700
What Root 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
- Munson CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- Under Mountain CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery1.5 mi
- East Canaan CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery2.6 mi
- Cemetery (Route 44)Canaan, CTCemetery2.7 mi
- Lower City CemeteryWinchester Center, CTMunicipal cemetery2.8 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Norfolk Center CemeteryWinchester Center, CTCemetery4.0 mi
- South CemeteryWinchester Center, CTCemetery4.1 mi
- Barrack CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery4.2 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Root Cemetery
- Kenny Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (860) 542-5621
- Montano-Shea Funeral Home and Cremations11 miFuneral home · Winsted · (860) 379-2897
- Scott D Conklin Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Millerton · (518) 789-4888
- Kenny Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Sharon · (860) 364-5709
- Phalen Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Torrington · (860) 489-9600
- Cook Funeral14 miFuneral home · Torrington · (860) 428-5571
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