About Long Ridge Union Cemetery
Long Ridge Union Cemetery is a cemetery near North Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.9 mi east of North Stamford. The grounds sit at about 374 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Benny Goodman, Gene Tunney and Eugene Carson Blake. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 208581. The nearest other listed cemetery is Scofield Cemetery #3, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Homes in New Canaan, about 5.5 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 144 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, North Stamford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Long Ridge Union Cemetery
Among them: 3 actors, 1 boxer, 1 musician.
- Benny Goodman1909-1986American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
- Gene Tunney1897-1978American boxer
- Eugene Carson Blake1906-1985American Presbyterian minister
- Kenny Delmar1910-1984American actor
- Alan Bunce1900-1965American actor
- Leah Salisbury1892-1975American literary agent
- Philip Salisbury1891-1967American editor and publisher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Long Ridge Union 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 Long Ridge Union 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
- Scofield Cemetery #3North Stamford, CTCemetery1.1 mi
- Ayers CemeteryPound Ridge, NYCemetery1.2 mi
- Sarles CemeteryPound Ridge, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- Brush CemeteryNorth Stamford, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Hunting Ridge Cemetery #1Haviland Road, North Stamford, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Miller CemeteryPound Ridge, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Hoyt - Miller cemeteryNorth Stamford, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- Hait / Rundle CemeteryNorth Stamford, CTCemetery1.8 mi
- Thaddeus Lockwood CemeteryNorth Stamford, CTCemetery1.8 mi
- Edwin R Lockwood CemeteryNorth Stamford, CTCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Long Ridge Union Cemetery
- Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Homes5.5 miFuneral home · New Canaan · (860) 824-7350
- Hoyt Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · New Canaan · (203) 966-0700
- Bosak-talboys Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 324-4646
- Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 327-1313
- Nutmeg State Cremation Society6.9 miCremation provider · Stamford · (203) 348-0443
- Lacerenza Macari Funeral Home Inc7.1 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 324-0158
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