Putnam Cemetery in Cos Cob, Connecticut

Putnam Cemetery is a cemetery near Cos Cob, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.0 mi southeast of Cos Cob. The grounds sit at about 223 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 44 notable people buried here, including Victor Borge, Prescott Bush and James Greenway. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 210023. The nearest other listed cemetery is Putnam Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fred D. Knapp and Son Funeral Home in Greenwich, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 122 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cos Cob. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 5 writers, 4 business leaders, 4 musicians, 2 actors, 2 artists, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 football player, 1 architect.

• Victor Borge1909-2000
  Danish comedian and pianist
• Prescott Bush1895-1972
  American politician and US Senator from Connecticut
• James Greenway1903-1989
  American ornithologist
• Marian Shockley1908-1981
  American actress
• William Temple Hornaday1854-1937
  American conservationist and zoologist
• Anya Seton1904-1990
  American author of historical fiction
• Martha Moxley1960-1975
  American high school student and murder victim
• Edward Hibberd Johnson1846-1917
  American inventor
• Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson1872-1959
  American author and suffragist
• Alec Templeton1909-1963
  British composer
• Townsend Scudder1865-1960
  American politician
• Al McWilliams1916-1993
  Comics artist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Putnam 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.

• Putnam Cemetery

  Cos Cob, CT
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Cos Cob, CT
  Christian cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Howe Cemetery

  Glenville, CT
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Hitchcock Family Burying Ground

  Cos Cob, CT
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Close Cemetery

  Glenville, CT
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Union Cemetery

  Greenwich, CT
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Strickland Road Park Indian Cemetery

  Cos Cob, CT
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Brown Cemetery

  Glenville, CT
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Green Cemetery

  Glenville, CT
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Hebrew Cemetery

  Glenville, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Fred D. Knapp and Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greenwich · (203) 869-0315
  2.2 mi
• Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greenwich · (203) 869-1513
  2.3 mi
• Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greenwich · (203) 869-5968
  2.8 mi
• Fred D Knapp Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greenwich · (203) 869-0315
  2.8 mi
• Castiglione Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Greenwich · (203) 869-0894
  2.8 mi
• DMC Caring Cremation

  Cremation provider · Greenwich · (203) 869-8509
  2.8 mi

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