About Berkshire Cemetery
Berkshire Cemetery is a cemetery near Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.5 mi west of Newtown. It was established in 1767. The grounds sit at about 371 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 205452. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sandy Hook Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Honan Funeral Home in Newtown, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 78 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fairfield County dates to 1680. 5 of the 242 listings in Fairfield County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newtown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.40815, -73.25650
What Berkshire 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
- Sandy Hook CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Roses CemeteryNewtown, CTChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Newtown Village CemeteryNewtown, CTMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Municipal CemeterySouthbury, CTMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Bridgeport Diocesan CemeteryNewtown, CTChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Botsford CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery2.7 mi
- Bradley CemeteryOxford, CTCemetery3.0 mi
- Walker Farm CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.2 mi
- Taunton CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery4.4 mi
- Huntingtown CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Berkshire Cemetery
- Honan Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Newtown · (203) 426-2751
- Carpino Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Southbury · (203) 264-1991
- Stone Family Cremation Services5.0 miCremation provider · Southbury · (203) 263-2146
- Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Southbury · (203) 263-2146
- Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher & Son Community Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Monroe · (203) 445-8500
- Charter Oak Crematory7.9 miCremation provider · Oxford · (203) 264-1234
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