About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan. It lies about 0.9 mi west of Plymouth. The grounds sit at about 722 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Carl Pursell, Edward Samuel Corwin and Ebenezer J. Penniman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 635985. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Plymouth Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schrader-Howell Funeral Home in Plymouth, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Wayne County dates to 1925. 3 of the 110 listings in Wayne County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Plymouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives.
- Carl Pursell1932-2009American politician
- Edward Samuel Corwin1878-1963American political scientist
- Ebenezer J. Penniman1804-1890American politician
- Palmer Hartsough1844-1932American writer
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.
Map
42.37247, -83.45201
What Riverside 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
- North Plymouth CemeteryPlymouth, MICemetery0.7 mi
- Old Baptist CemeteryPlymouth, MIBaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- War Memorial ParkPlymouth, MIMemorial park0.8 mi
- ShearerCemeteryPlymouth, MICemetery2.0 mi
- Waterford CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery2.3 mi
- Newburgh CemeteryWestland, MICemetery2.9 mi
- Union CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery2.9 mi
- Chubb CemeteryWestland, MICemetery3.1 mi
- Parkview Memorial CemeteryLivonia, MICemetery3.9 mi
- Rural Hill CemeteryNorthville, MICemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Schrader-Howell Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (734) 453-3333
- Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Homes2.6 miFuneral home · Plymouth · (734) 459-2250
- Turowski Life Story Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Canton · (734) 453-3008
- Neely-Turowski Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Canton
- Fred Wood Funeral Home, Inc.3.1 miFuneral home · Livonia · (734) 464-8060
- L J Griffin Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Canton · (734) 981-1700
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