About Newport Cemetery
Newport Cemetery is a cemetery near Utica, Herkimer County, New York. It lies about 12 mi southwest of Utica. The grounds sit at about 673 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Linus Yale, Ellwood W. Evans and Scott Howe Bowen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556835. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Heintz Funeral Services Inc in Utica, about 11 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Herkimer County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Herkimer County dates to 1801. 1 of the 124 listings in Herkimer County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Utica. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Newport Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Linus Yale1797-1858American manufacturer of locks
- Ellwood W. Evans1866-1917American army officer
- Scott Howe Bowen1888-1941President of WIBX, Inc., Utica N.Y. Broadcasting Station
People whose Wikidata entry gives Newport 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
43.18874, -75.01856
What Newport 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 Johns CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Elm Tree CemeteryHerkimer, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Swezey Hill CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Welch Calvinistic Methodist CemeteryUtica, NYMethodist cemetery3.1 mi
- Poland CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Route 28 CemeteryHerkimer, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Norway Rural CemeteryHerkimer, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Tanner Hill CemeteryUtica, NYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Newport Cemetery
- Mohawk Valley Monuments LLC10 miMonument dealer · Frankfort · (315) 724-7629
- Heintz Funeral Services Inc11 miFuneral home · Utica · (315) 797-5550
- V.J. Iocovozzi Funeral Home, Inc.11 miFuneral home · Frankfort · (315) 894-2211
- Fenner Funeral Home Inc.11 miFuneral home · Herkimer · (315) 866-4590
- Enea Family Funeral Home (f.k.a. Holleran & Enea Funeral Service)11 miFuneral home · Herkimer · (315) 866-1011
- Vincent A. Enea Funeral Service11 miFuneral home · Herkimer · (315) 866-1500
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