Seaconnet Cemetery in Newport East, Rhode Island
Also known as Little Compton Cemetery 10, Sakonnet Cemetery, New Wilbour Cemetery
About Seaconnet Cemetery
Seaconnet Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport East, Newport County, Rhode Island. It lies about 5.7 mi west of Newport East. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Isaac Wilbour. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2808670. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Wilbor Burying Ground, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fern Acres Funeral Home in Little Compton, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 214 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 225 of the 239 listings in Newport County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport East. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Seaconnet Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor, 1 US representative.
- Isaac Wilbour1763-1837American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Seaconnet 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
41.49080, -71.18349
What Seaconnet 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 Wilbor Burying GroundNewport East, RICemetery0.1 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima CemeteryNewport East, RICatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Briggs Brownell LotNewport East, RICemetery1.2 mi
- Joseph Wilbor CemeteryNewport East, RICemetery1.3 mi
- Captain Edward Richmond LotNewport East, RICemetery1.3 mi
- Union CemeteryNewport East, RICemetery1.4 mi
- Old Commons Burial Ground CemeteryNewport East, RICemetery1.4 mi
- William Briggs LotNewport East, RICemetery1.4 mi
- White Family Burying GroundNewport East, RICemetery1.7 mi
- Joseph Brownell LotNewport East, RICemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Seaconnet Cemetery
- Fern Acres Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
- Hambly Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Memorial Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
- Connors Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (401) 683-2511
- Potter Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Westport · (508) 636-2100
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