New Fernwood Cemetery in Kingston, Rhode Island
Also known as South Kingstown Historical Cemetery Number 6, South Kingstown Historical Cemetery Number 7
About New Fernwood Cemetery
New Fernwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island. It lies about 1.1 mi east of Kingston. The grounds sit at about 108 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Fred Tootell, James Furman Kemp and Frank Keaney. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1902697. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Fernwood Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Rhode Island Cremation Care Center in Wakefield, about 3.6 mi away. It is one of 314 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 242 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 39 of the 314 listings in Washington County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kingston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at New Fernwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 scientist.
- Fred Tootell1902-1964American hammer thrower
- James Furman Kemp1859-1926American geologist
- Frank Keaney1886-1967American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
- Marshall Tyler1873-1942American football coach
- Lucy Rawlings Tootell1911-2010American schoolteacher and politician
- Frederick Rowland Hazard Jr.1891-1962
- Mary Heard Chew1889-1977
- William Davis Miller1887-1959
People whose Wikidata entry gives New Fernwood 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
41.48195, -71.54370
What New Fernwood 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
- Old Fernwood CemeteryKingston, RICemetery0.1 mi
- Nathaniel Peckham LotKingston, RICemetery0.1 mi
- Niles Farmstead CemeteryKingston, RICemetery0.6 mi
- Noyes Family CemeteryKingston, RIFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Champlin Lot CemeteryKingston, RICemetery2.0 mi
- Arnold - Sherman Lot CemeteryKingston, RICemetery2.1 mi
- Eben Henry Lot CemeteryKingston, RICemetery2.2 mi
- William Potter Lot CemeteryKingston, RICemetery2.3 mi
- Rose CemeteryKingston, RICemetery2.3 mi
- George Rose LotKingston, RICemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near New Fernwood Cemetery
- Rhode Island Cremation Care Center3.6 miCremation provider · Wakefield · (401) 429-9588
- Avery-Storti Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Wakefield · (401) 783-7271
- Nardolillo Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Narragansett · (401) 942-1220
- Patrick Quinn Funerals and Cremations (Fagan-Quinn)7.0 miFuneral home · North Kingstown · (401) 295-5603
- Cranston-Murphy Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · North Kingstown · (401) 294-4013
- S.R. Avery Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Hope Valley · (401) 539-2271
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