About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near South Rockwood, Monroe County, Michigan. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Strong. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 635980. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is The Martenson Family Of Funeral Homes- Ford Chapel in Rockwood, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Monroe County dates to 1896. 8 of the 86 listings in Monroe County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Rockwood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
- John Strong1830-1913American politician
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
42.06976, -83.26965
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
- Saint Marys CemeteryRockwood, MICemetery2.2 mi
- Will Carleton CemeteryFlat Rock, MICemetery2.4 mi
- Oak Forest Cemetery25500 Gibraltar Road, Flat Rock, MICemetery2.8 mi
- Port Creek CemeteryFlat Rock, MICemetery2.9 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryFlat Rock, MICemetery3.1 mi
- East Rockwood CemeteryRockwood, MICemetery3.1 mi
- Huron Valley CemeteryFlat Rock, MI · est. 1925Cemetery3.1 mi
- Potter CemeterySouth Rockwood, MICemetery3.5 mi
- Ash Center CemeteryCarleton, MICemetery3.6 mi
- Gibraltar CemeteryGibraltar, MICemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- The Martenson Family Of Funeral Homes- Ford Chapel0.6 miFuneral home · Rockwood · (734) 379-9311
- Bobcean Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Flat Rock · (734) 782-2755
- Molnar Funeral Homes - Brownstown Location4.8 miFuneral home · Brownstown Township · (734) 692-1515
- Michigan Memorial Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Flat Rock · (734) 783-2646
- Michigan Memorial Funeral5.5 miFuneral home · New Boston · (734) 782-1170
- Martenson Funeral Home Inc5.9 miFuneral home · Trenton · (734) 671-5400
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