About Benson Cemetery
Benson Cemetery is a cemetery near Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut. It lies about 7.1 mi northeast of Putnam. The grounds sit at about 610 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1924245. The nearest other listed cemetery is Abington Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gilman Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Putnam, about 7.1 mi away. It is one of 149 cemeteries we list in Windham County, and 84 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Putnam. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.84955, -72.01493
What Benson 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
- Abington Cemetery606 Mashamoquet Road, Pomfret, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Grow CemeteryKillingly Center, CTCemetery1.5 mi
- Dennis Cemetery2 Quaker Road, Pomfret, CTMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- South Cemetery214 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, CTMunicipal cemetery3.1 mi
- Cemetery (General Lyon Road)Mansfield City, CTCemetery4.0 mi
- Episcopal Church CemeteryPutnam, CTChristian cemetery4.1 mi
- North CemeteryMansfield City, CTCemetery4.2 mi
- Stetson CemeteryEast Brooklyn, CTCemetery4.4 mi
- Grove CemeterySouth Woodstock, CTCemetery4.5 mi
- Spalding CemeteryMansfield City, CTCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Benson Cemetery
- Gilman Funeral Home and Cremation Service7.1 miFuneral home · Putnam · (860) 928-7723
- Smith And Walker Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Putnam · (860) 928-2442
- Gagnon and Costello Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Killingly · (860) 774-9403
- Tillinghast Funeral Homes7.5 miFuneral home · Killingly · (860) 774-3284
- Valade Funeral Home & Cremation Service11 miFuneral home · North Grosvenor Dale · (860) 928-7724
- Beyond the Gravestone11 miMonument dealer · Storrs Center · (860) 234-7096
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