The 1925 map of the main cemetery was digitized from a 4’ x 6’ fabric-like original found in the Administration Building on Warner Street in Island Cemetery. The names on all of the historical maps below identify lot owners, not names of deceased buried in the lot. Click below to enlarge or download it.

The 1934 map of the Island Cemetery Annex on Van Zandt Avenue is depicted in the map below. Click below to enlarge or download the map.

Friends Cemetery, bounded by Tilden Avenue, Edward Street, White Street and Feke Street was deeded to the Island Cemetery in 1932 by the Society of Friends. Click below to enlarge or download it.

Tanya Kelley of PLACE Studio, LLC provided this map as an illustration of Newport’s Cemetery District in the North End of the city.

Common Burying Ground

Owned and maintained by the city of Newport

Established 1665 on 10.2 acres of ground. First burial in this ground dates to 1666; 7986 documented grave stones

• Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1974