About Hillside Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery is a cemetery near Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The grounds sit at about 354 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including John Maurice Clark, Elizabeth Neuffer and Charles Marvin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 207841. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mathews Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Smart Funeral Planning in Weston, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 242 cemeteries we list in Fairfield County, and 131 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, Wilton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hillside Cemetery
Among them: 2 journalists, 1 artist, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- John Maurice Clark1884-1963American economist
- Elizabeth Neuffer1956-2003American journalist
- Charles Marvin1804-1883Member of the Connecticut Senate
- David Hermon Van Hoosear1844-1921Genealogist
- Edward Sandford Martin1856-1939American journalist
- Charles B. Gilbert1855-1913American artist
- Esther Boardman Burrall1762-1851Non-student///profession:/born:1762/died:1851
- Howard Francis Shattuck1887-1972American physician
- John Knox Jessup1907-1979American magazine editor and commentator
- Sarah Bigelow Wheatland Richards1925-2011American marine biologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hillside 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 Hillside 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 Mathews CemeteryWilton, CTChristian cemetery1.0 mi
- Sharp Hill CemeteryWilton, CTCemetery1.4 mi
- Morgan CemeteryWilton, CTCemetery2.3 mi
- Hickok CemeteryNew Canaan, CTCemetery2.4 mi
- Bald Hill CemeteryWilton, CTCemetery2.8 mi
- Silvermine CemeterySilvermine Avenue, New Canaan, CTCemetery2.9 mi
- Lockwood CemeteryNew Canaan, CTCemetery3.0 mi
- Fancher - Fitch Burial GroundPound Ridge, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Hoyt CemeteryPound Ridge, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Parade Hill CemeteryNew Canaan, CTCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Hillside Cemetery
- Smart Funeral Planning3.2 miFuneral home · Weston · (203) 441-5819
- Bouton Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Wilton · (203) 544-8461
- Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Homes4.3 miFuneral home · New Canaan · (860) 824-7350
- Hoyt Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · New Canaan · (203) 966-0700
- Raymond Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Norwalk · (203) 847-7291
- Magner Funeral Home Inc5.8 miFuneral home · Norwalk · (203) 866-5553
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