A visit to the Greenville Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Greenville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenville Cemetery (FG ID #2209310).
In addition, the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission <2> has a database entry for the Greenville Cemetery (RIHCC ID: SM045).
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 Greenville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenville Cemetery:
41.8683, -71.5571
The Greenville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Greenville.
The cemetery is located in Providence County<3>.
The county seat for Providence County is located in Providence. Providence lies just to the east southeast of the Greenville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> of the Greenville Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Smithfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Smithfield Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Colvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Colvin Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvin Cemetery
- Abial Mowry Lot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Irons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Irons Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Cemetery
- Glenford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Glenford Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenford Cemetery
- Waterman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Waterman Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alfred Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steere Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Steere Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steere Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Abel Tanner Lot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome Sprague Lot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elder Stephen Sweet Lot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Intervale Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale Cemetery
- Phillips Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury Family Graves
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Remington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Remington Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington Cemetery
- Acotes Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chepachet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Chepachet Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Cemetery
- Aldrich-Wilmarth Lot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pocasset Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Greenville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Scituate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,842 people
- Spragueville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smithfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scituate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scituate is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
- Johnston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Providence is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
- North Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hanton City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glocester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glocester is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glocester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,352 people
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Simmonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chopmist
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Olneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Smithfield is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Smithfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,576 people
- North Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chepachet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Greenville Cemetery. The following communities are located in Providence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Greenville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Rhode Island:
- Pages specific to Providence 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 Greenville Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2209310
Referenced RIHCC Record: SM045
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Providence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenville Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |