A visit to the Swan Point 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 Swan Point Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Swan Point Cemetery (FG ID #1584940)
In addition, the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission <2> has a database entry for the Swan Point Cemetery (RIHCC ID: PV003).
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 Swan Point Cemetery ...
The Swan Point Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Providence.
The cemetery is located in Providence County<3>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Admiral Esek Hopkins Lot (Historic)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
- The Holy Ghost Cemetery is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
- Hurst Cemetery
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Intervale Cemetery
- The Intervale Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale Cemetery
- Lakeside Cemetery
- Locust Grove Cemetery
- The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Cemetery
- Mineral Spring Cemetery
- Moshassuck Cemetery
- Newman Ave. Cemetery
- The Newman Ave. Cemetery is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman Ave. Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Newman Cemetery
- North Burial Ground
- The North Burial Ground is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Burial Ground
- Notre Dame Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- St. Basil the Great Cemetery
- The St. Basil the Great Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Basil the Great Cemetery
- The St. Basil the Great Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Basil Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Tillinghast Family Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Swan Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Armington Corner
- Attleborough City
- Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City
- Bellefonte
- Bellefonte is located in Providence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Berkeley
- Carpenters Corner
- Centerdale
- Central Falls
- Cranston
- Darlington
- Dyerville
- East Providence Center
- East Providence
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Esmond
- Harris
- Harris is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Kent Corner
- Leonard Corner
- Lonsdale
- Luthers Corners
- North Providence
- 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
- North Seekonk
- North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk
- Olneyville
- Pawtucket
- Providence
- Riverside
- Rumford
- Saylesville
- Seekonk
- Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
- Six Corners
- Valley Falls
- Woodlawn
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 Swan Point Cemetery. The following communities are located in Providence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Swan Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Central Falls
- Cranston
- East Providence
- Pawtucket
- Providence
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 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 Swan Point 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 Swan Point Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1584940
Referenced RIHCC Record: PV003
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1904325 (Swan Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1904325 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: Providence
- Est. Elev: 30 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Providence
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Swan Point Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |