About Norfolk Center Cemetery
Norfolk Center Cemetery is a cemetery near Winchester Center, Litchfield County, Connecticut. It lies about 7.5 mi southeast of Winchester Center. The grounds sit at about 1,184 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including William Henry Welch, Frederic C. Walcott and James Watson Robbins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 206131. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kenny Funeral Home in Norfolk, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 160 cemeteries we list in Litchfield County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 160 listings in Litchfield County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Winchester Center. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Norfolk Center Cemetery
Among them: 3 physicians, 1 business leader, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- William Henry Welch1850-1934American physician and scientist
- Frederic C. Walcott1869-1949American politician
- James Watson Robbins1801-1879American physician and botanist
- John Van Antwerp MacMurray1881-1960American diplomat and politician
- William W. Welch1818-1892American politician
- James B. Mabon1865-1941American stock exchange executive
- Frank Goodnow MacMurray1918-2010American physician
- Leila Irwin Laughlin1873-1961
- Mary Cornelia Seymour1874-1926American teacher and botanical collector
- Mary Virginia Agate1882-1950
- Stephen Holt1760-1865Non-student///profession:/born:1760/died:1865
- Winthrop Davenport Smith1874-1922
People whose Wikidata entry gives Norfolk Center 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
41.99582, -73.20525
What Norfolk Center 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 Marys CemeteryCanaan, CTChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Grantville CemeteryWinchester Center, CTCemetery3.2 mi
- South CemeteryWinchester Center, CTCemetery3.5 mi
- East Canaan CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery3.9 mi
- Cemetery (Route 44)Canaan, CTCemetery3.9 mi
- Root CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery4.0 mi
- Munson CemeteryCanaan, CTCemetery4.0 mi
- Cemetery (Canaan Valley Road)Canaan, CTCemetery4.1 mi
- Huxley CemeteryNew Marlborough, MACemetery4.2 mi
- Cemetery (Prock Hill Road)Winsted, CTMunicipal cemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Norfolk Center Cemetery
- Kenny Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (860) 542-5621
- Montano-Shea Funeral Home and Cremations7.8 miFuneral home · Winsted · (860) 379-2897
- O'Donnell Monument Company13 miMonument dealer · Torrington · (860) 496-1827
- Cook Funeral13 miFuneral home · Torrington · (860) 428-5571
- Phalen Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Torrington · (860) 489-9600
- Gleeson-Ryan Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Torrington · (860) 489-4104
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