About Upper Cemetery
Upper Cemetery is a cemetery near Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Welthea Ann Carter Whittelsey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 211690. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Roman Catholic Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Swan Funeral Home in Old Saybrook, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1836. 1 of the 116 listings in Middlesex 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.
Notable people buried at Upper Cemetery
- Welthea Ann Carter Whittelsey1806-1875American needleworker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Upper 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
41.29886, -72.37835
What Upper 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
- Saint Johns Roman Catholic CemeteryOld Saybrook, CTChristian cemetery0.1 mi
- Riverside CemeteryOld Saybrook Center, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- Lady Fenwicks GraveOld Saybrook Center, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Cypress CemeteryOld Saybrook Center, CTCemetery1.6 mi
- Duck River CemeteryOld Saybrook, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Meeting House Hill CemeteryOld Saybrook, CTChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Cypress CemeteryWestbrook Center, CTCemetery3.3 mi
- Griswold CemeteryOld Saybrook, CTCemetery3.6 mi
- Champion CemeteryOld Saybrook, CTCemetery3.8 mi
- Old Burial GroundWestbrook Center, CTCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Upper Cemetery
- Swan Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Old Saybrook · (860) 388-4106
- Fulton Theroux Funeral Service2.7 miFuneral home · Old Lyme · (860) 434-5954
- Robinson Wright and Weymer Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Centerbrook · (860) 767-8000
- Swan Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Clinton · (860) 669-2903
- Fulton-theroux Funeral Service9.5 miFuneral home · Niantic · (860) 443-8355
- Neilan & Sons Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Niantic · (860) 739-6112
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