Cemeteries in West Warwick, Rhode Island

Private Cemeteries in West Warwick, Rhode Island often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in West Warwick, Rhode Island are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in West Warwick, Rhode Island are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in West Warwick, Rhode Island , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in West Warwick, Rhode Island .

Our database contains records of burials from 52 cemeteries.

You can view the Rhode Island Historic Cemeteries Database online at http://www.rihc.info. Cemetery records for many Rhode Island cities and towns are available in the first floor Reading Room. Most pre-1900 Rhode Island cemetery records can be accessed via the Rhode Island Cemetery Database.

Rhode Island contains at least 2833 historic cemeteries, from small family burial grounds to landscaped garden cemeteries.

West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, which makes it the youngest town in Rhode Island. The determination to split Warwick and create West Warwick has a political and geographical basis. West Warwick housed all of the mills in Warwick, which centered on the Pawtuxet river.

Warwick was founded in 1642 as a town called Shawomet, after the local Indian tribe from whom the land on the west shore of Narragansett Bay was purchased. Two years later, Samuel Gorton sailed to England in the hopes of obtaining an official charter to maintain ownership and independence.