About Yantic Cemetery
Yantic Cemetery is a cemetery in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 115 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 49 notable people buried here, including Daniel Coit Gilman, William Alfred Buckingham and Henry Harland. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 212306. The nearest other listed cemetery is Royal Mohegan Burial Ground, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Labenski Funeral Home in Norwich, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 372 cemeteries we list in New London County, and 162 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New London County dates to 1713. 2 of the 372 listings in New London County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Yantic Cemetery
Among them: 5 journalists, 3 Civil War veterans, 3 US representatives, 3 writers, 2 US senators, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 governor.
- Daniel Coit Gilman1831-1908American educator and academic
- William Alfred Buckingham1804-1875American politician
- Henry Harland1861-1905US. novelist, editor
- Lafayette S. Foster1806-1880American politician
- Thomas Sterry Hunt1826-1892United States geologist and chemist; first chemist and later mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada
- David Ames Wells1828-1898United States author, engineer and economist
- Bill Hutchison1859-1926Major League Baseball player
- John A. Rockwell1803-1861American politician
- Albert S. Bard1866-1963American lawyer and civic activist
- Benjamin Fordyce Barker1818-1891American physician
- Henry H. Starkweather1826-1876American politician
- Henry Warner Birge1825-1888Union Army general during the American Civil War
Show all 49 notable burials
- John T. Wait1811-1899American politician
- David Ruggles1810-1849American abolitionist
- Edward Harland1832-1915American general
- Henry T. Backus1809-1877American politician
- Isaac H. Bromley1833-1899American newspaper editor
- William Henry Huntington1820-1885American journalist
- Charles F. Noyes1878-1969American real estate broker
- Hannah Thurber Fairfield1808-1894(1808-1894) American painter
- Henry Case1823-1884American Union Army general
- Timothy Blackstone1829-1900American railroad executive, philanthropist and politician
- Alfred E. P. Rockwell1870-1949United States physician; writer of articles for Popular Science Monthly
- Alfred Perkins Rockwell1834-1903(1834-1903) American mining engineer and Union army officer
- Henry Bill1824-1891American publisher
- Margaret Fuller1872-1954Author, born 1872; died 1954
- Adeline Frances Sturtevant1853-1928
- Albert P. Sturtevant1818-1893Millionaire
- Augusta Elizabeth Greene1834-1900
- Charles Farnsworth1836-18671836-1867
- Charlotte Peck Learned1835-1891
- Ebenezer Learned1811-1887
- Edwin Sanford Ely1841-1896
- Elisha Tracy1766-1842American lawyer and state legislator
- Eliza Lanman1800-1872
- Emily Serena Gilman1835-1910
- Eunice Williams Farnsworth1804-18771804-1877
- Harriet Grosvenor1813-1875
- Joanna Boylston Lanman1808-18591808-1859
- John Sterry1766-1823American Baptist minister
- Lucy Huntington Tracy1778-1846
- Margaretta Dunlap Perit1808-1866
- Maria Perit Gilman1824-1906
- Mary Brewer Chappell1845-1895
- Ralph Farnsworth1795-1875American physician
- William Charles Gilman, Sr.1795-1863
- William Grosvenor Ely1836-1906Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General
- William Stebbins Congdon1851-1887Lawyer, American representative from Norwich, Connecticut, clerk of the Norwich city court
- William Woodbridge Backus1803-1892American philanthropist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Yantic 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
41.54038, -72.09036
What Yantic 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
- Royal Mohegan Burial GroundNorwich, CTCemetery0.5 mi
- Old Uptown Burying GroundNorwich, CTMunicipal cemetery0.6 mi
- Monhegan Tribal MemorialNorwich, CTCemetery1.0 mi
- Post–Gager Burial Ground39 Lee Avenue, Norwich, CTChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Oak Street CemeteryNorwich, CTCemetery1.2 mi
- Norwich City Cemetery37 Oak Street, Norwich, CTMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
- Sacred Heart Cemetery260 Harland Road, Norwich, CTChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Hickory Street CemeteryNorwich, CT · est. 1844Municipal cemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryNorwich, CTChristian cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Mary's and Saint Joseph's CemeteryNorwich, CTChristian cemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Yantic Cemetery
- Labenski Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Norwich · (860) 887-1769
- Tri-County Memorials1.4 miMonument dealer · Norwich · (860) 886-6200
- Cummings-Gagne Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Norwich · (860) 887-4285
- Woyasz & Son Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Norwich · (860) 889-1886
- Guillot Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Norwich · (860) 889-0471
- Godere Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Taftville · (860) 889-6082
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Yantic Cemetery located?
Yantic Cemetery is at 68 Lafayette Street, Norwich, CT 06360 in New London County. GPS coordinates: 41.54038, -72.09036.
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