About Friends Burying Ground
Friends Burying Ground is a quaker cemetery near Coventry, Providence County, Rhode Island. It lies about 2.6 mi southeast of Coventry. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2790010. The nearest other listed cemetery is Carpenter - Bowen Lot - Rhode Island Historical Cemetery - Foster Number 93, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Iannotti Funeral Home at Maple Root in Coventry, about 7.3 mi away. It is one of 631 cemeteries we list in Providence County, and 379 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 12 of the 631 listings in Providence County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Coventry. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.72758, -71.71788
What Friends Burying Ground 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
- Carpenter - Bowen Lot - Rhode Island Historical Cemetery - Foster Number 93Coventry, RICemetery0.3 mi
- Pardon - Holden CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.3 mi
- Doctor Thomas Carpenter Lot - Rhode Island Historical Cemetery - Foster Number 94Coventry, RICemetery0.3 mi
- Waterman - Vaughn CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.5 mi
- Greene - Cooke Lot CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Fenner - Fry LotCoventry, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Charles Whidden Lot CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.7 mi
- Place - Bennis Lot CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.7 mi
- Irus Albro Lot CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery0.9 mi
- Walker - Kelly CemeteryCoventry, RICemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Burying Ground
- Iannotti Funeral Home at Maple Root7.3 miFuneral home · Coventry · (401) 821-1100
- Gorton-Menard Funeral Home & Crematory8.8 miCremation provider · Coventry · (401) 821-7306
- Iannotti Funeral Home- 415 Washington St (Original Location)9.7 miFuneral home · Coventry · (401) 821-1100
- Patrick Quinn Funerals and Cremations (Potvin-Quinn)10.0 miFuneral home · West Warwick · (401) 821-6868
- Gagnon and Costello Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Killingly · (860) 774-9403
- Tillinghast Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Killingly · (860) 774-3284
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Frequently asked questions
Is Friends Burying Ground a Quaker cemetery?
Our records list a Quaker affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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