About Taunton Cemetery
Taunton Cemetery is a cemetery near Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.0 mi east of Newtown. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211367. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lands End Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Honan Funeral Home in Newtown, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 85 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
41.41178, -73.34163
What Taunton 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
- Lands End CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Newtown Village CemeteryNewtown, CTMunicipal cemetery2.0 mi
- Cemetery (Walnut Hill Road)Bethel, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Cemetery (Cemetery Rd)Bethel, CTCemetery2.7 mi
- Morgan CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.1 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryBethel, CTCemetery3.2 mi
- Sandy Hook CemeteryNewtown, CTCemetery3.3 mi
- United Jewish Center CemeteryDanbury, CTJewish cemetery3.6 mi
- Old South Cemetery (Sunset Hill Road)Danbury, CTCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Roses CemeteryNewtown, CTChristian cemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Taunton Cemetery
- Honan Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Newtown · (203) 426-2751
- Bethel Funeral Home (Cornell Memorial Inc.)4.8 miFuneral home · Bethel · (203) 748-4833
- Cornell Memorial Home5.0 miFuneral home · Danbury · (203) 748-4833
- Danbury Memorial Funeral Home And Cremation Services5.5 miFuneral home · Danbury · (203) 616-5128
- Green Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Danbury · (203) 748-2131
- Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Danbury · (203) 748-6262
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.