A visit to the Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Riverside Cemetery:
41.2487, -73.1982
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Riverside Cemetery is located in Fairfield County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Riverside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Long Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Long Hill Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill Cemetery
- Fairchild Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Unity Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Cemetery
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Daniels Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Daniels Farm Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Farm Cemetery
- Maple Grove Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mountain Grove Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove Cemetery
- The Mountain Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135498 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Stratford.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Orthodox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103638 <5>
- Nichols Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Nichols Farm Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Farm Cemetery
- Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Park Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cutlers Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Cutlers Farm Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlers Farm Cemetery
- Tashua Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Tashua Burial Ground is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tashua Burial Ground
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pembroke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pembroke Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke Cemetery
- Putney - Oronoque Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boothe Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Boothe Memorial Park is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothe Memorial Park
- Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Lawn Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Trumbull
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trumbull
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Trumbull is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,438 people
- Nichols
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nichols is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Long Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Long Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Melville Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melville Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
- Bridgeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stratford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stratford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Shelton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shelton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,957 people
- Stepney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stepney is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepney
- Stratford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Oronoque
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oronoque is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,466 people
- Easton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aspetuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aspetuck is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspetuck
- Greenfield Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Hill
- Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monroe is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,328 people
- Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
- Black Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Black Rock is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- White Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Hills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
- Upper Stepney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Stepney is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Stepney
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
- Milford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <6>
- East Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Village is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
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 Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bridgeport
- Fairfield
- Milford
- Shelton
- Stratford
- Trumbull
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #210210 (Riverside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #210210 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: 44 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bridgeport
- Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2487074 Lon: -73.1981687
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside 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. |