Riverside Cemetery in Waterbury, Connecticut

Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Waterbury. The grounds sit at about 302 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Ruth Muskrat, Katharine Jeannette Bush and Charles A. Templeton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 210213. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Land Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Waterbury Funeral Home in Waterbury, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 163 cemeteries we list in New Haven County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Haven County dates to 1793. 1 of the 163 listings in New Haven County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 2 business leaders, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 architect, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 scientist.

• Ruth Muskrat1897-1982
  American poet
• Katharine Jeannette Bush1855-1937
  American zoologist
• Charles A. Templeton1871-1955
  American politician
• Franklin Carter1837-1919
  American academic administrator
• Stephen Wright Kellogg1822-1904
  American politician
• Constance Goddard DuBois1850-1934
  American ethnographer and novelist
• Edward W. Goss1893-1972
  American politician
• Robert W. Hill1828-1909
  American architect
• Calvin Holmes Carter1829-1887
  American politician
• Fortune1743-1798
  American slave
• John Lyman Chatfield1826-1863
  Union Army officer
• Andrew Wheeler Phillips1844-1915
  American mathematician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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.

• Holy Land Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Old Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  1.3 mi
• New Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Melchizedek Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Lithuanian Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  1.9 mi
• All Saints Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Pine Grove Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Calvary Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Saint Marys Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Cemetery

  Waterbury, CT
  Christian cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Cemetery (Stillson Road)

  Waterbury, CT
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Waterbury Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Waterbury · (203) 753-6181
  0.3 mi
• Colasanto Funeral Home Inc

  Cremation provider · Waterbury · (203) 753-6343
  0.3 mi
• Chase Parkway Memorial, The Albini Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Waterbury · (203) 574-1313
  0.7 mi
• Colonial Funerals LLC

  Funeral home · Waterbury · (203) 754-4000
  0.7 mi
• Bergin Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Waterbury · (203) 753-0683
  0.8 mi
• Maiorano Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Waterbury · (203) 753-1146
  0.8 mi

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