Duck River Cemetery in Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Duck River Cemetery is a cemetery near Old Saybrook, New London County, Connecticut. It lies about 2.9 mi southwest of Old Saybrook. It is operated by Old Lyme Cemetery Association. The grounds sit at about 10 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Elsie Ferguson, Roger Tory Peterson and Bessie Potter Vonnoh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 206746. The nearest other listed cemetery is Meeting House Hill Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fulton Theroux Funeral Service in Old Lyme, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 372 cemeteries we list in New London County, and 66 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Old Saybrook. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 5 artists, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 US representative.

• Elsie Ferguson1883-1961
  American actress
• Roger Tory Peterson1908-1996
  American naturalist, ornithologist and writer
• Bessie Potter Vonnoh1872-1955
  American sculptor
• Charles Chadwick1874-1953
  American hammer thrower and shot putter
• Matthew Griswold1714-1799
  American judge
• Thomas R. Ball1896-1943
  American politician
• Charles J. McCurdy1797-1891
  American judge
• Elizabeth Tashjian1912-2007
  American painter
• William Chadwick1879-1962
  American painter
• Daniel Chadwick1825-1884
  American politician
• Seymour Lawrence1926-1994
  American publisher, first at Atlantic Monthly Press and later with Seymour Lawrence, Inc., his independent imprint
• Charles Henry Ludington1825-1910
  American merchant

People whose Wikidata entry gives Duck River 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.

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.

• Meeting House Hill Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Church cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Griswold Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Champion Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Cypress Cemetery

  Old Saybrook Center, CT
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Waite Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Lady Fenwicks Grave

  Old Saybrook Center, CT
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Riverside Cemetery

  Old Saybrook Center, CT
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Saint Johns Roman Catholic Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Christian cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Upper Cemetery

  Old Saybrook, CT
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Chadwick Cemetery

  Niantic, CT
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi

• Fulton Theroux Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Old Lyme · (860) 434-5954
  0.5 mi
• Swan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Old Saybrook · (860) 388-4106
  4.0 mi
• Robinson Wright and Weymer Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Centerbrook · (860) 767-8000
  5.1 mi
• Fulton-theroux Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Niantic · (860) 443-8355
  6.8 mi
• Neilan & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Niantic · (860) 739-6112
  7.3 mi
• Serenity Sea Burials

  Funeral home · Niantic · (860) 885-8018
  7.6 mi

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