About Lenox Rural Cemetery
Lenox Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Canastota, Madison County, New York. It lies about 1.3 mi northeast of Canastota. The grounds sit at about 545 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Benjamin F. Bruce, Thomas Barlow and Dwight H. Bruce. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 955203. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is J Homer Ball Funeral Home Inc in Canastota, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Madison County dates to 1799.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Canastota. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lenox Rural Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist.
- Benjamin F. Bruce1812-1888American politician
- Thomas Barlow1805-1896American lawyer and politician from New York
- Dwight H. Bruce1834-1908American journalist and postmaster
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lenox Rural Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
43.06423, -75.76658
What Lenox Rural Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Agatha CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Clockville CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Allis CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Cranson CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryWampsville, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Sullivan CemeteryChittenango, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Walker's Corners CemeteryCanastota, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Perryville CemeteryChittenango, NYCemetery4.5 mi
- Roberts CemeteryWampsville, NYCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Lenox Rural Cemetery
- J Homer Ball Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Canastota · (315) 697-2294
- Campbell-Dean Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Canastota · (315) 697-9575
- Zimmer Ayer Zimmer Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Chittenango · (315) 687-3366
- G.F. Zimmer Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Chittenango
- Coolican-Mc Sweeney Funeral5.9 miFuneral home · Oneida · (315) 363-2650
- Campbell-Dean Funeral Home Inc6.2 miFuneral home · Oneida · (315) 363-4020
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