About Montowese Cemetery
Montowese Cemetery is a cemetery near New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. It lies about 4.2 mi southwest of New Haven. The grounds sit at about 39 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959287. The nearest other listed cemetery is State Street Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Porto Funeral Home in East Haven, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in New Haven County, and 75 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, New Haven. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.34624, -72.86465
What Montowese 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
- State Street CemeteryNew Haven, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- All Saints CemeteryNorth Haven, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Whitneyville CemeteryNew Haven, CTCemetery2.6 mi
- New Center CemeteryNorth Haven, CTMunicipal cemetery2.8 mi
- Union CemeteryNew Haven, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Old Center CemeteryNorth Haven, CTMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- Bare Plain CemeteryNorth Branford, CTCemetery3.0 mi
- Central Burying GroundsHamden, CTCemetery3.4 mi
- B'nail Scholom CemeteryNew Haven, CTJewish cemetery3.6 mi
- Hamden Plains CemeteryNew Haven, CTCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Montowese Cemetery
- Porto Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · East Haven · (203) 467-3000
- New Haven Funeral Service2.5 miFuneral home · New Haven · (203) 777-2309
- Washington Memorial Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · North Haven · (203) 239-6000
- North Haven Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · North Haven · (203) 239-1179
- Weller Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · New Haven · (203) 624-6912
- Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service3.1 miFuneral home · Hamden · (203) 288-0800
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Montowese Cemetery located?
Montowese Cemetery is at Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, CT in New Haven County. GPS coordinates: 41.34624, -72.86465.
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