About Fairfield East Cemetery
Fairfield East Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 1.1 mi west of Fairfield. The grounds sit at about 16 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Ebenezer Platt Rogers, Jonathan Sturges and Charles A.R. Dimon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2773532. The nearest funeral home we know of is Frank Polke and Son Funeral Home in Fairfield, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 57 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, Fairfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairfield East Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 writer.
- Ebenezer Platt Rogers1817-1881American minister and author
- Jonathan Sturges1802-1874American businessman and arts patron
- Charles A.R. Dimon1841-1902Brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War
- Frederick Sturges1833-1917US merchant and art collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairfield East 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.
Map
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What Fairfield East 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.
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Funeral homes near Fairfield East Cemetery
- Frank Polke and Son Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (203) 334-5174
- Spear Miller Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (203) 259-0824
- Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (203) 255-8993
- Lesko Funeral Home Preplanning & Cremation Services0.5 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (203) 256-8988
- Larson Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (203) 335-2342
- Lesko & Polke Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Fairfield
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