About Old Ponset Cemetery
Old Ponset Cemetery is a cemetery near Higganum, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It lies about 3.0 mi north of Higganum. The grounds sit at about 476 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 209495. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Ponset Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Biega Funeral Home in Middletown, about 7.9 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 91 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1836. 1 of the 116 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Higganum. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.45428, -72.56005
What Old Ponset 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
- New Ponset CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery0.2 mi
- Burr District CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Little City CemeteryHigganum, CTMunicipal cemetery1.4 mi
- Beaver Meadow CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery1.9 mi
- Turkey Hill CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery2.6 mi
- Higganum CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Thirty Mile CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial YardHigganum, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Haddam CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery3.2 mi
- Haddam Center CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Old Ponset Cemetery
- Biega Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
- Labbadia Monuments8.0 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (860) 343-7755
- D'Angelo Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc8.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
- Affordable Cremation8.7 miCremation provider · East Hampton · (855) 347-2736
- Spencer Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · East Hampton · (860) 267-2226
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