Shippee Burial Yard

Shippee Burial Yard is a cemetery in Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Shippee Burial Yard is situated nearby to the village Crompton, as well as near the neighborhood Quidnick.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New England Wireless and Steam Museum and East Greenwich High School.

New England Wireless and Steam Museum

Museum

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The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, with working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives. New England Wireless and Steam Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Shippee Burial Yard.

East Greenwich High School

School

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East Greenwich High School is a public secondary school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. The school serves students in grades 9–12 in the East Greenwich Public Schools system. East Greenwich High School is situated 2 miles east of Shippee Burial Yard.

Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House

House

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The Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House is a historic stone-ender timber frame house built in 1679. This rare example of primitive 17th-century architecture is located at 125 Howland Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Clement Weaver–Daniel Howland House is situated 2½ miles east of Shippee Burial Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crompton and East Greenwich.

Crompton

Village

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Crompton is a community in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is named after Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. The Crompton Mill was set up in 1807, on the east bank of the Pawtuxet River, and is thought to be the first stone mill built in Rhode Island. Crompton is situated 2½ miles north of Shippee Burial Yard.

East Greenwich

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East Greenwich is centrally located in the state of Rhode Island on the western shore of the Narragansett Bay. With numerous historical landmarks, East Greenwich continues to be proud of its history.

Quidnick

Neighborhood

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Quidnick is a village within the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. Before the American Revolution the area where Anthony and Quidnick are today was originally named Greeneville for the Greene Family who had operated an iron forge in the mid-18th century. Quidnick is situated 3½ miles north of Shippee Burial Yard.

Shippee Burial Yard

Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Cemetery Number 5” and “East Greenwich Historical Cemetery Number 5”
Category: burial
Location: Town of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.64677° or 41° 38′ 48″ north

Longitude

-71.52145° or 71° 31′ 17″ west

Elevation

269 feet (82 metres)

Open location code

87HCJFWH+PC

GeoNames ID

5224865

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