About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island. It lies about 1.3 mi north of Pawtucket. The grounds sit at about 82 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John W. Davis. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1904095. The nearest other listed cemetery is Swan Point Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Manning-Heffern Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Pawtucket, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 631 cemeteries we list in Providence County, and 342 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, Pawtucket. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- John W. Davis1826-1907American politician
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
41.85978, -71.38264
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
- Swan Point CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery0.5 mi
- Mount Saint Mary CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery0.9 mi
- Old Saint Mary's CemeteryPawtucket, RIChristian cemetery0.9 mi
- Mineral Spring CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Francis CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery1.4 mi
- North Burial GroundProvidence, RICemetery1.5 mi
- Walnut Hill CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery1.7 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryPawtucket, RICemetery1.8 mi
- Springvale CemeteryEast Providence, RICemetery1.9 mi
- Carpenter CemeteryEast Providence, RICemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Manning-Heffern Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.2 miFuneral home · Pawtucket · (401) 723-1312
- Karol A Romenski & Sons Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Central Falls · (401) 722-7250
- Sugarman Sinai Memorial Chapel1.7 miFuneral chapel · Providence · (401) 331-8094
- Manning-Heffern-O'Neill Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Pawtucket · (401) 723-4035
- Charles Coelho Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.7 miFuneral home · Central Falls · (401) 724-9440
- William W. Tripp Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Pawtucket · (401) 722-2140
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