Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 2

Newtown, Connecticut

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Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 2 is located down and across the street from Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 1 on Cemetery Road in Newtown (near the neighborhood of Dodgingtown), Connecticut. It was established in 1805 and was in use until 1852. It is a very small burial ground, and all but a few of the stones are illegible.

Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 36.

Photos were taken 13 April 2015.

A view of Flat Swamp Cemetery No. 2.

One of the few legible stones:

"In Memory of

JUSTUS PLATT

who departed this life

Jan. 17th 1811

Aged 50 years

11 months e 10 days."

One other legible marker:

"In memory of

POLLY

wife of

EPHRAIM PLATT

who died

Apr. 12, 1852."