About Alderbrook Cemetery
Alderbrook Cemetery is a cemetery near Guilford Center, New Haven County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 16 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including William Graham Sumner, William Russel Dudley and Fitz-Greene Halleck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 205055. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Side Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Guilford Funeral Home in Guilford, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in New Haven County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Haven County dates to 1793. 1 of the 163 listings in New Haven County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Guilford Center. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alderbrook Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 physician, 1 scientist.
- William Graham Sumner1840-1910American sociologist
- William Russel Dudley1849-1911Botanist
- Fitz-Greene Halleck1790-1867American writer
- George Townsend1867-1930American baseball player
- Frank K. Ominsky1898-1981American artist
- Ellsworth Eliot, Sr.1827-1912
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alderbrook 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
41.28572, -72.66684
What Alderbrook 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
- West Side CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryGuilford, CTChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Foote-Ward CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- Nut Plains CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- West CemeteryMadison, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Leetes Island CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery3.0 mi
- West Side CemeteryGuilford, CTCemetery4.4 mi
- Stony Creek CemeteryBranford, CT · est. 1866Cemetery4.7 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryKillingworth, CTCemetery5.0 mi
- Old Southwest CemeteryKillingworth, CTCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Alderbrook Cemetery
- Guilford Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Guilford · (203) 453-3558
- Cooperative Funeral Fund Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Madison · (800) 336-1102
- Swan Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Madison · (203) 245-2488
- Keenan Funeral Homes - Notch Hill6.0 miFuneral home · North Branford · (203) 481-3217
- W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Branford · (203) 488-3414
- Swan Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Clinton · (860) 669-2903
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