Simmons Hill Burying Ground in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Also known as Little Compton Cemetery 39, Pearce Lot
About Simmons Hill Burying Ground
Simmons Hill Burying Ground is a cemetery near Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. It lies about 6.6 mi northwest of Portsmouth. The grounds sit at about 144 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2808853. The nearest other listed cemetery is Adam Hunt Lot, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fern Acres Funeral Home in Little Compton, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Newport County, and 255 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, Portsmouth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.53777, -71.15516
What Simmons Hill 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
- Adam Hunt LotPortsmouth, RICemetery0.2 mi
- Greene Family CemeteryPortsmouth, RIFamily cemetery0.3 mi
- Stephen Simmons LotPortsmouth, RICemetery0.3 mi
- Wright Pearce LotPortsmouth, RICemetery0.5 mi
- Tompkins Burying GroundPortsmouth, RICemetery0.8 mi
- William Wilbor CemeteryNewport East, RICemetery1.1 mi
- Wilbor-Gifford CemeteryNewport East, RICemetery1.1 mi
- Sawyer Burying GroundPortsmouth, RICemetery1.1 mi
- Abial Tripp LotTiverton, RICemetery1.3 mi
- Lemuel Brightman LotNewport East, RICemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Simmons Hill Burying Ground
- Fern Acres Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Little Compton · (401) 635-4757
- Connors Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (401) 683-2511
- Potter Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Westport · (508) 636-2100
- Memorial Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- Hambly Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0698
- O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Newport · (401) 846-0932
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