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Cemetery NumberCR061
TownCRANSTON
Cemetery NameSTATE INSTITUTION CEMETERY #2
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LocationPONTIAC AVE
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number 
Distance100
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Size in Feet400
Size in Feet110
Burials638
Inscriptions0
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2009
Newest1940
Oldest1933
VandalismN
Veteran 
PoleN
CommentThis cemetery is located just east of the intersection of Pontiac Ave. and Knight St. beside the Pawtuxet River. It was used from 1933, when the State Farm Annex, CR107 was filled, until 1940. The numbered markers 1051-1689 are still there in 2001. In 1998 Florence Patenaude published all of the burial records she could find at the state institutions at Howard where she used to work. These were published in Volume 24, 1998 of RI Roots. Unfortunately there were no records after 1927 at Howard.
Conditionfair
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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