A visit to the Brown Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
41.0376, -73.6521
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Fairfield County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery
- Water Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Water Baptist Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Baptist Cemetery
- Water Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Water Baptist Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Baptist Cemetery
- Merritt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Merritt Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Second Congregational Church Cemetery
- Second Congregational Church Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103772 <5>
- Second Congregational Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Christ Church Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Christ Church Cemetery is located in Greenwich.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252283 <5>
- Howe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Howe Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe Cemetery
- Pecks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Pecks Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Cemetery
- Lyon - Rawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Greenwich Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Cemetery
- Old Cos Cob Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Old Cos Cob Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cos Cob Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cos Cob Cemetery is located in Cos Cob.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155949 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Putnam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Putnam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Putnam Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Cemetery
- Close Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Close Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Close Cemetery
- Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Quaker Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Quaker Ridge Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge Cemetery
- Greenwood Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Union Cemetery is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Union Cemetery
- Tomac Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Tomac Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomac Cemetery
- The Tomac Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Sound Beach Cemetery
- Tomac Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103763 <5>
- First Congregational Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Westover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Westover Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Glenville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Rye Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
- Port Chester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Belle Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Cos Cob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Purchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rye is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <6>
- Old Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stamford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverbank
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverbank is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
- White Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shippan Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Armonk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Stamford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stamford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
- Valhalla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scarsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mamaroneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Banksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Banksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Banksville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hartsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fairfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Armonk
- Greenwich
- Harrison
- Hartsdale
- Mamaroneck
- Old Greenwich
- Port Chester
- Purchase
- Rye
- Rye lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Brown Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rye.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Scarsdale
- Stamford
- Valhalla
- White Plains
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Fairfield County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #205766 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #205766 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Fairfield
- Est. Elev: 47 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Glenville
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.0375972 Lon: -73.652072
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brown Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |