A visit to the Stafford Plot ...
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 Stafford Plot ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stafford Plot:
41.7215, -71.3792
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stafford Plot can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stafford Plot is located in Kent County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Stafford Plot.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Stafford Plot.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stafford Plot, with the nearest first.
- Arnold Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Arnold Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Plot
- Spring Greene Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Christopher Green Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Benjamin Lockwood Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stone Castle Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Stone Castle Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Castle Plot
- Captain Randall Holden Jr. Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Governor Samuel Gorton Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Pawtuxet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pawtuxet Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Pawtuxet Memorial Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtuxet Memorial Park
- The Pawtuxet Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Pawtuxet Highland Cemetery
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #WK142 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1887059 <6>
- Utter - Arnold - Rhodes Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips - Moone - Jenkins Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent Gardner Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Vincent Gardner Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Gardner Plot
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Reverend Sameul Littlefield Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gorton Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gorton Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorton Plot
- Warwick Poor Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Holden Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Thomas Holden Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Holden Plot
- Lincoln Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Covill Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Covill Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covill Plot
- Perry Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Perry Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Plot
- Joseph Bennett Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Joseph Bennett Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Bennett Plot
- Howard - Remington Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prophet - Babcock - Holden Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- William J Cole Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The William J Cole Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William J Cole Plot
- Mowry - Knight - Mott Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ambrose Taylor Lot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ambrose Taylor Lot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrose Taylor Lot
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ambrose Taylor Lot is located outside and to the southwest of Warwick.
- The Ambrose Taylor Lot has also been known as:
- Ambrose Taylor Plot
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #WK106 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276385 <6>
- Marble Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Marble Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Plot
- John Budlong Plot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The John Budlong Plot is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Budlong Plot
- Princes Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Princes Hill Cemetery is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Hill Cemetery
- Little Neck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Little Neck Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Neck Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Stafford Plot.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stafford Plot, with the nearest first:
- Shawomet
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shawomet is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet
- Kettle Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kettle Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner
- Warwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warwick is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
- Oakland Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Beach is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach
- Barrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
- Annawomscutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt
- Buttonwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buttonwoods is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods
- Bellefonte
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellefonte is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Barrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barrington is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Kent Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kent Corner is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner
- Riverside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Norwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hillsgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillsgrove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove
- Apponaug
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apponaug is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug
- Cranston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranston is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Sockanosset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sockanosset is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset
- Cowesett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowesett is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett
- East Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Warren
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Armington Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Armington Corner is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner
- Knightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knightsville is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Meshanticut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meshanticut is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut
- Oaklawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oaklawn is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
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 Stafford Plot. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kent County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stafford Plot.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Apponaug
- Cranston
- Warren
- Warwick
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 helpful 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 Stafford Plot:
- Pages specific to Rhode Island:
- Pages specific to Kent 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 Stafford Plot:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1903026 (Stafford Lot)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1903026 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: Kent
- Est. Elev: 11 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: East Greenwich
- Location given for Stafford Lot:
- Lat: 41.72149 Lon: -71.3792208
- 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 the state's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stafford Plot) 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 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. |
| <6> | 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. |