East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut

East Cemetery is a cemetery near Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 968 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 68 notable people buried here, including Dickinson W. Richards, Oliver Wolcott and Sidney Dillon Ripley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 206806. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Thurston Rowe Funeral Home in Litchfield, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 160 cemeteries we list in Litchfield County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 160 listings in Litchfield County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 9 US representatives, 7 writers, 3 artists, 3 governors, 3 physicians, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists, 2 scientists.

• Dickinson W. Richards1895-1973
  American physician, Nobel Prize recipient
• Oliver Wolcott1760-1833
  United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Sidney Dillon Ripley1913-2001
  American ornithologist and 8th Secretary of the Smithsonian
• Oliver Wolcott1726-1797
  American politician, Connecticut
• Benjamin Tallmadge1754-1835
  American politician
• William Woodville Rockhill1854-1914
  American diplomat and Sinologist
• George C. Woodruff1805-1885
  American politician
• Charles B. Andrews1834-1902
  American politician, 49th Governor of Connecticut
• John Denison Champlin, Jr.1834-1915
  American non-fiction writer and editor
• John Henry Hubbard1804-1872
  American politician
• Edward Woodruff Seymour1832-1892
  American politician
• Eugene Fodor1905-1991
  American writer and publisher

People whose Wikidata entry gives East 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.

• West Cemetery

  Litchfield, CT
  Christian cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Bantam Cemetery

  Litchfield, CT
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Hillside Cemetery

  Torrington, CT
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi
• East Cemetery

  Bethlehem Village, CT
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Farband Cemetery

  Bethlehem Village, CT
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Farband Jewish Cemetery

  Bethlehem Village, CT
  Jewish cemetery

  4.2 mi
• New Saint Francis Cemetery

  Torrington, CT
  Christian cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Headquarters Cemetery

  Litchfield, CT
  Cemetery

  4.2 mi
• Scoville Cemetery

  Northwest Harwinton, CT
  Municipal cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Center Cemetery

  Torrington, CT
  Cemetery

  5.0 mi

• Thurston Rowe Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Litchfield · (860) 567-8708
  0.6 mi
• Cook Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Torrington · (860) 482-4456
  4.6 mi
• Gleeson-Ryan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Torrington · (860) 489-4104
  4.8 mi
• Phalen Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Torrington · (860) 489-9600
  4.9 mi
• Cook Funeral

  Funeral home · Torrington · (860) 428-5571
  5.4 mi
• Lyons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Thomaston · (860) 283-9194
  7.6 mi

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