About Spencertown Cemetery
Spencertown Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Columbia County, New York. It lies about 3.8 mi northwest of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Chester Merle Suter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2555942. The nearest other listed cemetery is Red Rock Cemetery, about 3.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wenk Funeral Home in Chatham, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Columbia County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chatham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Spencertown Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist.
- Chester Merle Suter1902-1974American chemist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Spencertown 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
42.32211, -73.54580
What Spencertown 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
- Red Rock CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Saint James CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Columbia County CemeteryChatham, NYMunicipal cemetery3.7 mi
- Chatham Rural CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Revolutionary War GraveyardChatham, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Harlemville CemeteryPhilmont, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Austerlitz CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Old Ghent CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery4.2 mi
- Ghent Union CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery4.2 mi
- Dewitt Brown CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Spencertown Cemetery
- Wenk Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Chatham · (518) 392-2909
- M Grimaldi Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Chatham · (518) 392-8332
- Raymond E Bond Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Valatie · (518) 758-7031
- Sacco Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Hudson · (518) 828-5000
- Bates and Anderson Funeral Services13 miFuneral home · Hudson · (518) 828-3371
- Birches-Roy Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Great Barrington · (413) 528-3080
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