About Downs Cemetery (historical)
Downs Cemetery (historical) is a cemetery near Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont. It lies about 2.8 mi north of Bennington. The grounds sit at about 1,047 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1920237. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bushnell Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is E.P. Mahar & Son Funeral Home in Bennington, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Bennington County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 97 listings in Bennington County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bennington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.84008, -73.18038
What Downs Cemetery (historical) 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
- Bushnell CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery0.3 mi
- Carpenter Hill Yard CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery1.5 mi
- Park Lawn CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery1.9 mi
- Woodward CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery2.0 mi
- Towsley CemeteryPownal, VTCemetery2.1 mi
- Potter CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery2.5 mi
- Bennington Village CemeteryBennington, VTMunicipal cemetery2.6 mi
- Vermont Veterans Home War Memorial CemeteryBennington, VTCemetery3.4 mi
- Catholic CemeteryBennington, VTCatholic cemetery3.4 mi
- New Catholic CemeteryBennington, VTCatholic cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Downs Cemetery (historical)
- E.P. Mahar & Son Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Bennington · (802) 442-2516
- J. A. Mahar Monuments2.7 miMonument dealer · Bennington · (802) 440-5178
- Hanson, Walbridge & Shea Funeral & Cremation Service - Bennington2.9 miCremation provider · Bennington · (802) 442-4329
- Cremation Society of Vermont2.9 miCremation provider · Bennington · (802) 442-9585
- Devlin Funeral Home - Bennington Vermont3.3 miFuneral home · Bennington · (802) 430-8236
- Mahar Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Hoosick Falls · (518) 686-5123
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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