About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. It lies about 0.7 mi east of West Hartford. The grounds sit at about 151 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including John Franklin Enders, Frank McHugh and Charles Kaman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 207007. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Center Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hebrew Funeral Association Inc in West Hartford, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 201 cemeteries we list in Hartford County, and 97 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hartford County dates to 1640. 6 of the 201 listings in Hartford County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Hartford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
Among them: 3 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 World War I veterans, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 physician.
- John Franklin Enders1897-1985American medical researcher
- Frank McHugh1898-1981American actor
- Charles Kaman1919-2011American businessman, engineer and inventor
- Frederick Rentschler1887-1956American aerospace engineer and executive
- William A. Purtell1897-1978American politician
- Robert A. Hurley1895-1968American politician
- Edgar Glass1879-1944American football player
- Cynthia Coolidge Jeter1933-1989Granddaughter of U.S. president Calvin Coolidge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview 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
41.76315, -72.75482
What Fairview 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
- Old Center CemeteryWest Hartford, CTCemetery0.7 mi
- North CemeteryWest Hartford, CTMunicipal cemetery0.7 mi
- Quaker CemeterySouth Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CTQuaker cemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryWest Hartford, CTChristian cemetery2.0 mi
- Teferes Israel CemeteryHillcrest Avenue, West Hartford, CTJewish cemetery3.0 mi
- Beth Jacob CemeteryNewington, CTJewish cemetery3.1 mi
- Zion Hill CemeteryHartford, CTCemetery3.3 mi
- Cider Brook CemeteryAvon, CTCemetery3.6 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryNewington, CTCemetery4.0 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryHartford, CTChristian cemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Hebrew Funeral Association Inc0.9 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 888-6919
- Maple Hill Chapels Talarski0.9 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 246-1377
- Molloy Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 232-1322
- Taylor And Modeen funeral home0.9 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 521-4400
- Weinstein Mortuary2.1 miMortuary · Hartford · (860) 233-2675
- Sheehan Hilborn Breen Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · West Hartford · (860) 561-3800
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