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Cemetery NumberWY008
TownWESTERLY
Cemetery NameRIVER BEND CEMETERY
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LocationBEACH ST
StateRI
DirectionW
Pole Number2768
Distance10
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Size in Feet2275
Size in Feet1625
Burials15000
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2022
Newest1992
Oldest1747
VandalismN
Veteran700
PoleG
CommentLocated beside Beach Street (Route #1A) and east of the Pawcatuck River. Originally called Elm Grove Cemetery. Recorded by Dwight Brown in early 1990s when he published a book. His data was checked by Gertrude Barrington in 1994 when she recorded the whole cemetery. She the spend several months checking her transcript against the records in the office. In 2006 John Sterling photographed about 80 percent of the marble and slate gravestones. In 2020 Julie Nathanson photographed every gravestone.
Conditiongood
Enclosurestone wall
Gateiron gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainlevel
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 
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