About Old Rock Landing Cemetery
Old Rock Landing Cemetery is a cemetery near Higganum, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It lies about 1.9 mi west of Higganum. The grounds sit at about 69 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: George Bradford Brainerd. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 209496. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, about 1.3 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Affordable Cremation in East Hampton, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 95 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.
Notable people buried at Old Rock Landing Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer.
- George Bradford Brainerd1845-1887American engineer and photographer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Rock Landing 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
41.50009, -72.52037
What Old Rock Landing 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
- Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial YardHigganum, CTCemetery1.3 mi
- Thirty Mile CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery1.3 mi
- Haddam CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery1.8 mi
- Haddam Center CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery1.8 mi
- Higganum CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery2.1 mi
- Seldom CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery2.1 mi
- Basin Hill CemeteryMoodus, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Hog Hill CemeteryHigganum, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Jewish CemeteryMoodus, CTJewish cemetery2.7 mi
- Beaver Meadow CemeteryEast Haddam, CTCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Old Rock Landing Cemetery
- Affordable Cremation5.1 miCremation provider · East Hampton · (855) 347-2736
- Spencer Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · East Hampton · (860) 267-2226
- Biega Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
- Labbadia Monuments7.3 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (860) 343-7755
- D'Angelo Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc7.7 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
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