About Sterling Cemetery
Sterling Cemetery is a cemetery near Essex Village, New London County, Connecticut. It lies about 3.3 mi southwest of Essex Village. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211161. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Lyme Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Robinson Wright and Weymer Funeral Home in Centerbrook, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 372 cemeteries we list in New London County, and 102 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New London County dates to 1713. 2 of the 372 listings in New London County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Essex Village. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.38092, -72.33781
What Sterling 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
- North Lyme CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- Lord GraveyardEssex Village, CTCemetery0.9 mi
- Marvin CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery1.3 mi
- Ely CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Eight Mile River CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Cemetery (Joshuatown Road)Essex Village, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Griffin CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery2.3 mi
- Emerson CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Gillett CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Grassy Hill CemeteryEssex Village, CTCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Sterling Cemetery
- Robinson Wright and Weymer Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Centerbrook · (860) 767-8000
- Fulton Theroux Funeral Service4.4 miFuneral home · Old Lyme · (860) 434-5954
- Swan Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Old Saybrook · (860) 388-4106
- Serenity Sea Burials8.2 miFuneral home · Niantic · (860) 885-8018
- Fulton-theroux Funeral Service8.2 miFuneral home · Niantic · (860) 443-8355
- Neilan & Sons Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Niantic · (860) 739-6112
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.