About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near West Norriton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of West Norriton. The grounds sit at about 144 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Roy Thomas, Adam Scheidt and Frank E. Graeff. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1185138. The nearest other listed cemetery is Montgomery Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Richard C Johnson Jr Funeral Home in Norristown, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 196 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Norriton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- Roy Thomas1874-1959American baseball player and coach
- Adam Scheidt1854-1933
- Frank E. Graeff1860-1919American hymnwriter
- Emma S. Stallman1888-1959Educator and metalsmith
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
40.11982, -75.36851
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
- Montgomery CemeteryWest Norriton, PACemetery0.2 mi
- Union Chapel GraveyardWest Norriton, PAChurch cemetery0.7 mi
- Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church CemeteryWest Norriton, PAPresbyterian cemetery0.9 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryNorristown, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint John Episcopal Church CemeteryNorristown, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.4 mi
- First Presbyterian CemeteryNorristown, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.5 mi
- Norris Family Burial GroundWest Norriton, PAFamily cemetery1.8 mi
- Jonathan Roberts Burial GroundKing of Prussia, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Roberts CemeteryKing of Prussia, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Augustine's CemeteryKing of Prussia, PACatholic cemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Richard C Johnson Jr Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Norristown · (610) 292-0422
- King Of Prussia Crematory1.6 miCremation provider · Bridgeport · (610) 272-1773
- Bacchi Funeral Home: Meyers & Givnish Family Funeral Homes1.6 miFuneral home · Bridgeport · (610) 272-1941
- Raffeo-Dicecco Memorial Home1.8 miFuneral home · Norristown · (610) 630-3259
- Caramenico Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.8 miFuneral home · Norristown · (610) 275-7777
- Bernard S Gutkowski Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Bridgeport · (610) 275-6385
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