About Spring Grove Cemetery
Spring Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 08001203). The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 30 notable people buried here, including Frederic Edwin Church, Emma Tillman and Laurent Clerc. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211080. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patricks Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howard K. Hill Funeral Services in Hartford, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 201 cemeteries we list in Hartford County, and 107 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.
Notable people buried at Spring Grove Cemetery
Among them: 5 writers, 3 artists, 3 US representatives, 2 journalists, 2 musicians, 1 business leader, 1 physician, 1 scientist.
- Frederic Edwin Church1826-1900American landscape painter
- Emma Tillman1892-2007Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world
- Laurent Clerc1785-1869French-American deaf educator
- Henry Clay Work1832-1884American composer and songwriter
- William W. Eaton1816-1898American politician, Connecticut
- James Hammond Trumbull1821-1897American historian
- E. Hart Fenn1856-1939American politician
- George G. Sill1829-1907American politician
- James L. Howard1818-1906American politician
- William Cowper Prime1825-1905American journalist
- William Weston Patton1821-1889American abolitionist
- Ezra Clark, Jr.1813-1896American politician
Show all 30 notable burials
- Harvey Prindle Peet1794-1873American educator
- Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt1830-1882
- Charles Hopkins Clark1848-1926American newspaper editor
- Charles Temple Stuart1846-1902American photographer
- Johann Olsendied 1915American photographer
- Charles M. Pond1837-1894D. 1894 or -1894
- Charles M. Stearns1876-1918
- David Crary1806-1894American physician and publisher
- Fred Gilbert Blakeslee1868-1942American writer and businessperson
- John Henry Orrdied 1892Of New Jersey, died 1892
- Louis P. Church1870-1943Philanthropist
- Mary Eliza Chenevard1799-1884
- Mary Spring Walker1830-1904American temperance novelist
- Mary Toles Peet1836-1901Deaf poet
- Russell Goodrich Talcott1818-18631818-1863
- Samuel Howard Huntington1793-1880American judge and lawyer
- Tertius Wadsworth1792-1872
- William Raymond Sill1869-1922American press agent and journalist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Spring Grove 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
41.78288, -72.67954
What Spring Grove 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
- Saint Patricks CemeteryHartford, CTChristian cemetery0.1 mi
- Old North Cemetery1821 Main Street, Hartford, CTCemetery0.2 mi
- Ancient Burying Ground679 Main Street, Hartford, CT · est. 1640Cemetery1.3 mi
- Soldiers Field CemeteryBlue Hills, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Zion Hill CemeteryHartford, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Center CemeteryEast Hartford, CTMunicipal cemetery2.2 mi
- Mount Saint Benedict CemeteryBlue Hills, CTChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Old South Cemetery400 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CTMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryWest Hartford, CTChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Quaker CemeterySouth Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CTQuaker cemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Spring Grove Cemetery
- Howard K. Hill Funeral Services0.8 miFuneral home · Hartford · (860) 247-8793
- Henry L Fuqua Funeral Services1.0 miFuneral home · Hartford · (860) 293-0014
- Ahern Funeral Home Inc1.3 miFuneral home · Hartford · (860) 522-1155
- De Leon Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Hartford · (860) 522-3735
- South Green Memorial Home2.0 miFuneral home · Hartford · (860) 246-1413
- S.L. Zocco Memorials Inc2.1 miMonument dealer · Bloomfield · (860) 242-7371
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Spring Grove Cemetery located?
Spring Grove Cemetery is at 2035 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06120 in Hartford County. GPS coordinates: 41.78288, -72.67954.
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