Cemeteries in Pittsfield, Vermont

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

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in Pittsfield, Vermont , 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 Pittsfield, Vermont .

Our database contains records of burials from 2 cemeteries.

History. Granted on November 8, 1780, the town was chartered on July 29, 1781, to Samuel Wilcox and 129 others. Pittsfield was named after Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which itself had been named in honor of William Pitt. It was first settled in 1786.

History. Westminster is Vermont's oldest existing town and was chartered in 1735 by the Province of Massachusetts Bay and was called New Taunton or Township Number One. The town did not have any permanent settlers in the area until 1751.

Fort Dummer, near the present Brattleboro, was established in 1724 by Massachusetts colonists, and became the first permanent European settlement in Vermont.

French exploration and settlement French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed the area of what is now Lake Champlain, giving the name, Verd Mont (Green Mountain) to the region he found, on a 1647 map. Evidence suggests that this name came into use among English settlers, before it morphed to "Vermont", ca. 1760.

Delacruz-Batista, 32, died after being shot multiple times. Four men are accused of kidnapping and murdering him. Authorities say hunters found his body in a dirt-and-gravel parking lot near a trailhead in the Pittsfield State Forest the morning of Dec. 4, 2021.

The city is a tourist base for the Berkshire Hills (including Pittsfield State Forest, lakes, ski resorts, and state parks). Herman Melville lived there and completed Moby Dick at his house, Arrowhead; the Berkshire Athenaeum (the public library) stores Melville memorabilia.

Vermont got its first city in 1788, when Vergennes was formed. Unlike every other Vermont city, Vergennes didn't start out as a town and later become a city. Its original settlers decided to found Vergennes with a city form of government.

The city is a tourist base for the Berkshire Hills (including Pittsfield State Forest, lakes, ski resorts, and state parks). Herman Melville lived there and completed Moby Dick at his house, Arrowhead; the Berkshire Athenaeum (the public library) stores Melville memorabilia.

French exploration and settlement French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed the area of what is now Lake Champlain, giving the name, Verd Mont (Green Mountain) to the region he found, on a 1647 map. Evidence suggests that this name came into use among English settlers, before it morphed to "Vermont", ca. 1760.

Delacruz-Batista, 32, died after being shot multiple times. Four men are accused of kidnapping and murdering him. Authorities say hunters found his body in a dirt-and-gravel parking lot near a trailhead in the Pittsfield State Forest the morning of Dec. 4, 2021.