About Broad Street Cemetery
Broad Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Meriden. The grounds sit at about 282 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Yale. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1933375. The nearest other listed cemetery is East Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Smith-Ruzzo Funeral Home in Meriden, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in New Haven County, and 86 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, Meriden. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Broad Street Cemetery
- William Yale1784-1833Tin ware manufacturer from Connecticut
People whose Wikidata entry gives Broad Street 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
41.53171, -72.79482
What Broad Street 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
- East CemeteryMeriden, CTCemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryMeriden, CTChristian cemetery0.6 mi
- Meeting House CemeteryMeriden, CTChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Stanislaus CemeteryMeriden, CTChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- West CemeteryMeriden, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryMeriden, CTChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryMeriden, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryMeriden, CTCemetery1.5 mi
- Meriden Hebrew CemeteryMeriden, CTJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Cemetery (Westfield Road)Meriden, CTCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Broad Street Cemetery
- Smith-Ruzzo Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Meriden · (203) 235-9181
- Stempien Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Meriden
- John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Meriden · (203) 235-3338
- J.J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Meriden
- Flatow Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Meriden
- Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service0.7 miFuneral home · Meriden · (203) 235-4152
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