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Cemeteries in Newport County, RI
Newport County, Rhode Island has 239 cemeteries in our directory, listed under 7 nearby cities and towns. The most listings are near Tiverton (68), Newport East (57) and Portsmouth (44). Among them are 18 church cemeteries (8%), 4 Catholic cemeteries (2%) and 3 municipal cemeteries (1%).
239
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7
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- Colonial Jewish CemeteryNewportJewish cemetery
- Holy Cross Episcopal CemeteryMiddletownEpiscopal cemetery
- Our Lady of Fatima CemeteryNewport EastCatholic cemetery
- Saint Mary's Episcopal ChurchyardMiddletownEpiscopal cemetery
- Adamsville Church CemeteryTivertonChurch cemetery
- Almy CemeteryMiddletownCemetery
- Benjamin Borden LotTivertonCemetery
- Berkeley Memorial CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Braman CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Captain Edward Richmond LotNewport EastCemetery
- Captain Isaac Cook LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Clifton Burying GroundNewportCemetery
- Coddington CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Common Ground CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Congregational CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Constant Seabury Burying GroundPortsmouthCemetery
- Fort Adams CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Freeborn CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
- Friends CemeteryJamestownCemetery
- Governor Benedict Arnold GraveyardNewportCemetery
- Hillside CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
- Hoxsey - Taber - Manchester CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Island CemeteryNewportCemetery
- John Woodman LotNewport EastCemetery
- Joseph Wilbor CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Judge Anthony Wilbur LotNewportCemetery
- Old Lake CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Old Wilbor Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Philip Gray LotTivertonCemetery
- Pocasset Hill CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Priory CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
- Prudence Island CemeteryMelvilleCemetery
- Reverend Obadiah Holmes LotNewport EastCemetery
- Rowland Hazard LotMiddletownCemetery
- Saint Mary's CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Samuel Negus LotTivertonCemetery
- Seaconnet CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Stephen Cook LotTivertonCemetery
- Trinity CemeteryMiddletownCemetery
- Wilbor-Gifford CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- William Durfee CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- William Wilbor CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Beth Olam CemeteryNewport EastJewish cemetery
- Friends Burial GroundTivertonQuaker cemetery
- Friends Burying GroundNewport EastQuaker cemetery
- George Brownell LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Saint Columbas CemeteryMiddletownCatholic cemetery
- Saint Mark's Catholic CemeteryJamestownCatholic cemetery
- St. Joseph's Old Catholic CemeteryNewportCatholic cemetery
- Abial Tripp LotTivertonCemetery
- Abner Simmons LotTivertonCemetery
- Adam Hunt LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Allen Burial GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Almy GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Almy-Reynolds LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Artemas Fish LotMiddletownCemetery
- Barker Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Benjamin Chase LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Benjamin Hambly LotTivertonCemetery
- Benjamin Manchester LotTivertonCemetery
- Borden Slocum LotMiddletownCemetery
- Briggs Brownell LotNewport EastCemetery
- Captain Benjamin Cook LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Captain Clarke Cornell LotMiddletownCemetery
- Captain George Lawton LotMiddletownCemetery
- Captain Isaac Grinnel LotTivertonCemetery
- Captain Job Lawton LotMiddletownCemetery
- Captain Joseph Church LotTivertonChurch cemetery
- Captain Josiah Arnold LotJamestownCemetery
- Captain Nathaniel Briggs LotTivertonCemetery
- Captain Sylvester Woodman LotNewport EastCemetery
- Captain Thomas Osborn LotTivertonCemetery
- Charles Durfee LotTivertonCemetery
- Chase and Cory lotPortsmouthCemetery
- Christopher Manchester LotTivertonCemetery
- Clark-Shaw LotTivertonCemetery
- Clarke Taggart Burial GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Coaster's Harbor Smallpox Burial GroundNewportCemetery
- Coggeshall Burial GroundNewportCemetery
- Colonel Pardon Gray LotTivertonCemetery
- Colonel Thomas Gray LotTivertonCemetery
- Colonel William Hall LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Constant Hart LotTivertonCemetery
- Corey LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Corey LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Cornell LotTivertonCemetery
- Cottrell Green CemeteryJamestownCemetery
- Crawford Snell CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Daniel Dwelly LotTivertonCemetery
- Darius Dennis LotNewport EastCemetery
- David Albro LotMiddletownCemetery
- David Durfee LotTivertonCemetery
- David Rounds LotTivertonCemetery
- Dea Gideon Lawton LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Deacon Benjamin Hambly LotTivertonCemetery
- Deacon William Taggart LotMiddletownCemetery
- Doctor Peter Wales LotMiddletownCemetery
- Edward Almy LotMiddletownCemetery
- Edward Bailey LotTivertonCemetery
- Edward Simmons LotTivertonCemetery
- Filex Peckham LotNewport EastCemetery
- Gabriel Hicks LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Gardiner-Hopkins LotNewport EastCemetery
- Gardner Groves LotTivertonCemetery
- George Brownell LotNewport EastCemetery
- George Durfee LotTivertonCemetery
- George Hall LotPortsmouthCemetery
- George Howland LotTivertonCemetery
- George Irish LotNewport EastCemetery
- George Seabury LotPortsmouthCemetery
- George Sisson LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Gideon Grinnel LotTivertonCemetery
- Gifford Lot SouthTivertonCemetery
- Giles Slocum LotMiddletownCemetery
- Godfrey King CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Governor Caleb Carr LotJamestownCemetery
- Greene Family CemeteryPortsmouthFamily cemetery
- Hazard LotJamestownCemetery
- Henry Head Senior Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Henry Tew CemeteryJamestownCemetery
- Hessian's HolePortsmouthCemetery
- Honorable Thomas Durfee LotTivertonCemetery
- Indian Lot - Cautantowwit'sJamestownCemetery
- Isaac Peckham LotNewport EastCemetery
- Isaac Sherman LotTivertonCemetery
- Island Annex CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Jahleel Brenton Burial GroundJamestownCemetery
- James C Wood LotMiddletownCemetery
- James Coggeshall LotMiddletownCemetery
- James Coggeshall LotMiddletownCemetery
- Job Sherman LotPortsmouthCemetery
- John Almy LotPortsmouthCemetery
- John Bailey LotNewport EastCemetery
- John Briggs Gould LotNewport EastCemetery
- John Brown LotTivertonCemetery
- John Carr LotTivertonCemetery
- John Clarke Burial GroundNewportCemetery
- John Coggeshall LotMiddletownCemetery
- John Cook Jr LotMiddletownCemetery
- John Grinnel LotTivertonCemetery
- John Irish LotNewport EastCemetery
- John Mitchell LotMiddletownCemetery
- John Peabody LotNewport EastCemetery
- John Peckham LotNewport EastCemetery
- John Wood LotNewport EastCemetery
- Jonathan Easton Burial GroundNewportCemetery
- Jonathan Gibbs LotMiddletownCemetery
- Joseph Brownell LotNewport EastCemetery
- Joseph Fish LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Joseph Gifford LotTivertonCemetery
- Joseph Rounds LotTivertonCemetery
- Joshua Anthony LotMiddletownCemetery
- Lake CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Lawton Orchard LotMiddletownCemetery
- Lemuel Brightman LotNewport EastCemetery
- Maj Henry Tew Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Major William Taggary CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Manley Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Mccurrie LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Middletown Four Corners CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Moses Hunt LotTivertonCemetery
- Mosher-Manchester LotTivertonCemetery
- Nathaniel Shaw LotTivertonCemetery
- Newport Memorial Park CemeteryNewport EastMemorial park
- Nicholas Easton LotNewport EastCemetery
- Nichols-Hassard GroundMiddletownCemetery
- North Burial CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Old Commons Burial Ground CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Oliver Durfee LotMiddletownCemetery
- Paine CemeteryMiddletownCemetery
- Pardon Brown LotMiddletownCemetery
- Pelrg Burroughs CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Perry Simmons Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Philip Smith LotNewport EastCemetery
- Phillip Cory LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Place-Boyd LotMelvilleCemetery
- Pleasant View CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Portsmouth CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
- Portsmouth Cemetery 59PortsmouthCemetery
- Portsmouth Friends' ChurchyardPortsmouthChurch cemetery
- Reuben Greene LotTivertonCemetery
- Richard Card LotNewport EastCemetery
- Robert Wilcox LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Rowland Allen LotNewport EastCemetery
- Salisbury Soddard LotNewport EastCemetery
- Samuel Almy LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Samuel Almy LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Samuel Church LotTivertonChurch cemetery
- Sawyer Burying GroundPortsmouthCemetery
- Seth Anthony LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Shaw & Seabury LotNewport EastCemetery
- Simmons Hill Burying GroundPortsmouthCemetery
- Sisson-Carr LotMiddletownCemetery
- Sowle LotNewport EastCemetery
- St Paul's LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Stephen Simmons LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Stephene Stafford LotTivertonCemetery
- Stoddard Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Stone Church CemeteryTivertonChurch cemetery
- Thomas Brownell LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Thomas Brownell LotNewport EastCemetery
- Thomas Coggeshall Farm LotMiddletownCemetery
- Thomas Coggeshall LotNewport EastCemetery
- Thomas Cornell LotMiddletownCemetery
- Thomas Potter LotMiddletownCemetery
- Tiverton Cemetery 52TivertonCemetery
- Tiverton Cemetery 84TivertonCemetery
- Tompkins Burying GroundPortsmouthCemetery
- Town CemeteryTivertonMunicipal cemetery
- Town Farm Burial GroundTivertonCemetery
- Town Farm LotMelvilleCemetery
- Trinity Church Yard CemeteryNewportChurch cemetery
- Union CemeteryMiddletownCemetery
- Union CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- United Congregational ChurchyardNewportChurch cemetery
- White Family Burying GroundNewport EastCemetery
- Wilbor-Tripp LotNewport EastCemetery
- Wilcox LotPortsmouthCemetery
- William Anthony LotTivertonCemetery
- William Briggs LotNewport EastCemetery
- William Cook LotPortsmouthCemetery
- William Gray LotTivertonCemetery
- William Humphrey LotTivertonCemetery
- William Sherman LotTivertonCemetery
- Wright Pearce LotPortsmouthCemetery
- Brightman StoneMiddletownCemetery
- Quaker Meeting House Burial GroundNewport EastQuaker cemetery
- Benjamin Head Lot CemeteryNewport EastCemetery
- Cedar CemeteryJamestownCemetery
- Common Burial Ground CemeteryNewportCemetery
- Constant and Susannah Seabury Burying Ground CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
- Gideon Grinnell Lot CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Jamestown Town CemeteryJamestownMunicipal cemetery
- John Grinnell Lot CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Lake CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Old City CemeteryNewportMunicipal cemetery
- Ruben Greene Lot CemeteryTivertonCemetery
- Tiverton Historical Cemetery 52TivertonCemetery
- William Almy Lot CemeteryPortsmouthCemetery
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How Newport County compares
Newport County has 28.6 listed cemeteries per 10,000 residents, against 14.4 for Rhode Island, which puts it 1st of 5 Rhode Island counties on this measure. Census estimates count 858 deaths here in 2024, about 172 for each of the 5 funeral homes we know of (4th of 5 by number of funeral homes).
| Measure | Newport County | Rhode Island | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemeteries per 10,000 residents | 28.6 | 14.4 | 1st of 5 |
| Cemeteries per 100 square miles | 233.3 | 155.3 | 1st of 5 |
| Deaths in 2024 (estimate) | 858 | 10,286 | 4th of 5 |
| Deaths in 2024 per listed cemetery | 3.6 | 6.4 | 5th of 5 |
| Funeral homes | 5 | 77 | 4th of 5 |
| Deaths in 2024 per funeral home | 172 | 134 | 2nd of 5 |
| Cremation providers | 0 | 12 | 5th of 5 |
| Monument dealers | 0 | 2 | 3rd of 5 |
| Notable burials | 246 | 699 | 2nd of 5 |
Population and deaths: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates. Land area: 2020 Census Gazetteer. Funeral homes, cremation providers and monument dealers come from our sister directory, Funeral Home Directory USA. Ranks run from the highest value down, among Rhode Island counties with the figure available. Compare Newport County with other places.
Funeral providers
Funeral homes and monument dealers in Newport County
- Connors Funeral HomeFuneral home · Portsmouth · (401) 683-2511
- Fern Acres Funeral HomeFuneral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
- Hambly Funeral HomeFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Memorial Funeral HomeFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- O'Neill-Hayes Funeral HomeFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
How many cemeteries are in Newport County?
We list 239 cemeteries in Newport County, Rhode Island. Small family burial grounds recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey are included, so the count is higher than the number of cemeteries with an office or staff.
Where are burial records for Newport County kept?
Death certificates are held by the Rhode Island vital records office and often the county clerk or health department. Individual cemeteries keep their own interment records; church cemeteries may keep them at the parish office. County historical and genealogical societies often have transcriptions of older cemeteries.
Can I visit family cemeteries in Newport County?
Many family cemeteries sit on private land. Ask the landowner before visiting. Rhode Island law may give descendants a right of reasonable access, but the rules and process vary by state.
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