About Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery is a cemetery near Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 1.0 mi north of Stamford. The grounds sit at about 16 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 25 notable people buried here, including Truman Smith, Stewart L. Woodford and William T. Minor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 212244. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Stamford Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Trinity Cremation Services in Stamford, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 104 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, Stamford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodland Cemetery
Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 musician, 1 US senator.
- Truman Smith1791-1884American politician
- Stewart L. Woodford1835-1913American politician and ambassador
- William T. Minor1815-1889American politician
- Charles Hawley1792-1866American politician
- Florence Rockwell1880-1964American actress
- George E. Waring, Jr.1833-1898American engineer
- Julius Curtis1825-1907American politician
- Oliver Hoyt1823-1887American politician in Connecticut
- Tony Elliott1959-2007American football player
- Anne Williams Wheaton1892-1977American press officer
- Edward Oldrin1802-1874(1802-1874) British American minister
- George Blickensderfer1850-1917American inventor
Show all 25 notable burials
- Elmer Oldrin Billard1864-1927
- Francis Henry Brown1818-1891American composer and singer
- Guy Vaughan1884-1966American racing driver
- Hannah Amelia Oldrin1856-1918Wife of Hiram Bedell
- Lillie Deming Loshe1877-1958American English professor
- Edmund D. Smith1857-1900United States Army officer
- Edward Corse Hoyt1853-1925Millionaire
- John Sloane1817-1891American merchant
- Joseph Blachley Hoyt1812-1888Wealthy leather manufacturer
- Mark Hoyt1835-1896Millionaire
- Mary Ann Dickinson Smith1822-1891
- Wendell Melville Strong1871-1942American mathematician
- William Hoyt1819-1902Millionaire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodland 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 Woodland 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
- West Stamford CemeteryStamford, CTCemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Andrews and Saint Johns CemeteryStamford, CTChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Northfield CemeteryNorth Street, Stamford, CTChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Tomac CemeteryOld Greenwich, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Sound Beach Avenue CemeteryRiverside, CTCemetery1.7 mi
- Adams CemeteryRiverside, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Palmer Hill CemeteryStamford, CTCemetery2.0 mi
- Stillwater Road CemeteryStamford, CTCemetery2.2 mi
- Fairfield Memorial ParkStamford, CTMemorial park2.6 mi
- Belltown Cemetery #2Stamford, CTCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Woodland Cemetery
- Trinity Cremation Services0.7 miCremation provider · Stamford · (203) 613-3833
- Bosak Funeral Home & Cremation0.7 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 325-9300
- Nutmeg State Cremation Society0.7 miCremation provider · Stamford · (203) 883-4647
- Graves Medley Funeral Services, Inc.1.0 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 323-2666
- Nutmeg State Cremation Society1.0 miCremation provider · Stamford · (203) 348-0443
- Thomas M. Gallagher Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Stamford · (203) 359-9999
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