About Newtown Village Cemetery
Newtown Village Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Newtown. The grounds sit at about 463 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Douglas C. Kenney, Frederick Foote Johnson and Frederick W. Beers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 209275. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sandy Hook Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Honan Funeral Home in Newtown, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 79 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.
Notable people buried at Newtown Village Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Douglas C. Kenney1946-1980American writer, co-founder and editor of National Lampoon
- Frederick Foote Johnson1866-1943Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
- Frederick W. Beers1839-1933American map publisher and cartographer
- Daniel Burhans1763-1853Episcopalian minister
- Ezra Morgan1801-1871Member of the Connecticut house of representatives
- L. Alfred Mannhardt1893-1966American scientific collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Newtown Village 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
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What Newtown Village 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, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- Taunton CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Roses CemeteryNewtown, CTChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Bridgeport Diocesan CemeteryNewtown, CTChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Berkshire CemeteryNewtown, CT · est. 1767Cemetery2.5 mi
- Morgan CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Cemetery (Cemetery Rd)Bethel, CTCemetery3.1 mi
- Botsford CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.4 mi
- Lands End CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.7 mi
- Huntingtown CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Newtown Village Cemetery
- Honan Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Newtown · (203) 426-2751
- Carpino Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Southbury · (203) 264-1991
- Bethel Funeral Home (Cornell Memorial Inc.)6.2 miFuneral home · Bethel · (203) 748-4833
- Stone Family Cremation Services6.6 miCremation provider · Southbury · (203) 263-2146
- Cornell Memorial Home6.9 miFuneral home · Danbury · (203) 748-4833
- Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Southbury · (203) 263-2146
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