Riverside Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut

Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 203 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including William Gillette, Francis Gillette and Theodate Pope Riddle. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1943974. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Farmington Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shaker-Hill Funeral Home in New Britain, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 201 cemeteries we list in Hartford County, and 100 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hartford County dates to 1640. 6 of the 201 listings in Hartford County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 6 writers, 3 actors, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 journalist, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.

• William Gillette1853-1937
  American actor, inventor and writer
• Francis Gillette1807-1879
  American politician
• Theodate Pope Riddle1867-1946
  American architect
• Jerome Clarke Hunsaker1886-1984
  American aviator
• Alice Reinheart1910-1993
  American actress
• Richard M. Bissell, Jr.1909-1994
  American spy
• John W. Riddle1864-1941
  American diplomat
• Lemuel Whitman1780-1841
  American politician
• Doris Miles Disney1907-1976
  American mystery writer
• William S. Cowles1846-1923
  United States admiral
• Florence A. Cowles1878-1958
  American cookbook author
• Winchell Smith1871-1933
  American playwright

People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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.

• Old Farmington Cemetery

  Farmington, CT
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Old Cemetery

  Farmington, CT
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Cemetery (Scott Swamp Road)

  Farmington, CT
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Plainville, CT
  Christian cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Holy Trinity Cemetery

  New Britain, CT
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Saint Marys Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery

  New Britain, CT
  Orthodox cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Sacred Heart Cemetery

  New Britain, CT
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Beth Alom Cemetery

  New Britain, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Hillside Cemetery

  Farmington, CT
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• West Cemetery

  Plainville, CT
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi

• Shaker-Hill Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Britain · (860) 229-9006
  2.8 mi
• National Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · New Britain · (860) 348-9031
  3.2 mi
• New Britain Memorial & Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New Britain · (860) 229-0444
  3.2 mi
• Farmington Valley Memorials

  Monument dealer · Avon · (860) 217-0420
  3.3 mi
• Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill

  Funeral home · New Britain · (860) 229-9021
  3.8 mi
• Ahern Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Unionville · (860) 673-2601
  3.9 mi

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