About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 33 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Thomas Macdonough, Joseph Rockwell and Nathaniel Goodwin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1924064. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint John's Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home in Middletown, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 99 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, Middletown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 1 War of 1812 veteran.
- Thomas Macdonough1783-1825American naval officer
- Joseph Rockwell1668-1742
- Nathaniel Goodwin1673-1753
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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
41.56677, -72.65114
What Riverside 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 John's CemeteryMiddletown, CTCatholic cemetery0.1 mi
- Mortimer CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.3 mi
- Saint John CemeteryMiddletown, CTChristian cemetery0.6 mi
- Washington Street CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Wesleyan University CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial ParkMiddletown, CTMemorial park1.0 mi
- Indian Hill CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryPortland, CTChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPortland, CTCemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.6 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-5439
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc0.7 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
- Portland Memorial Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Portland · (860) 342-3322
- D'Angelo Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Labbadia Monuments1.2 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (860) 343-7755
- Biega Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
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