About Washington Street Cemetery
Washington Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 121 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Samuel W. Dana, Simeon North and Chauncey Whittelsey Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1924168. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wesleyan University Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home in Middletown, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 96 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 Washington Street Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- Samuel W. Dana1760-1830American jurist, politician and judge
- Simeon North1765-1852American inventor
- Chauncey Whittelsey Jr.1746-181227 Oct 1746 - certain 14 Mar 1812
- Lucy Whetmore1748-182610 Apr 1748 - 23 Jan 1826
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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
41.55767, -72.66074
What Washington 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
- Wesleyan University CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.2 mi
- Indian Hill CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial ParkMiddletown, CTMemorial park0.4 mi
- Mortimer CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.5 mi
- Saint John CemeteryMiddletown, CTChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryMiddletown, CTCatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Riverside CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryMiddletown, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Congregation Adath Israel CemeteryMiddletown, CTJewish cemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Street Cemetery
- Coughlin-Lastrina Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-5439
- Doolittle Funeral Service Inc0.6 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-6464
- D'Angelo Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 347-0752
- Labbadia Monuments1.0 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (860) 343-7755
- Biega Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Middletown · (860) 346-1055
- Portland Memorial Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Portland · (860) 342-3322
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