About River Street Cemetery
River Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont. The grounds sit at about 689 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including John Cotton Dana, Otis Skinner and Frederick H. Billings. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1459194. The nearest other listed cemetery is Riverside Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 170 cemeteries we list in Windsor County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 170 listings in Windsor County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Woodstock. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at River Street Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 1 actor, 1 inventor or engineer.
- John Cotton Dana1856-1929American librarian and museum director
- Otis Skinner1858-1942American actor
- Frederick H. Billings1823-1890American businessman
- Benjamin Swan1762-1839Vermont State Treasurer
- Elmer Bragg Adams1842-1916American judge
- Norman Williams1791-1868American politician
- Caroline Sherrill Caton1844-1927
- Charles Dana1813-1884
- Elizabeth Billings1871-1944American botanist and botanical collector
- Hosea Doton1809-1886American engineer and politician (1809-1886); volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- Joan Chalmers1879-1923
- Julia Parmly1835-1914
Show all 16 notable burials
- Laura Caton Williams1871-1951
- Lydia Maria French1856-1918
- Norman Williams1873-1955
- Norman Williams1835-1899
People whose Wikidata entry gives River Street 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
43.62673, -72.52152
What River Street 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
- Riverside CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery0.9 mi
- Williams CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery1.0 mi
- Highland CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery1.1 mi
- Hendee CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery1.1 mi
- Prosper CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery2.0 mi
- Smith CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery2.6 mi
- Taftsville Cemetery2360 East Woodstock Road, Woodstock, VTCemetery2.6 mi
- Frizzel CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery2.6 mi
- Gill CemeteryWoodstock, VTCemetery3.2 mi
- Randall Cemetery1861 Randall Road, Woodstock, VTCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near River Street Cemetery
- Cabot Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Woodstock · (802) 457-1222
- Knight Funeral Home & Crematory11 miCremation provider · White River Junction · (802) 295-2100
- Knight Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · Windsor · (802) 674-5500
- Rand-Wilson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Hanover · (603) 643-2552
- Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory14 miCremation provider · Lebanon · (603) 448-1568
- Ricker Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Enfield · (603) 632-7639
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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