About Cold Spring Cemetery
Cold Spring Cemetery is a cemetery near Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York. The grounds sit at about 167 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Emily Warren Roebling, William Van Alen and Washington Roebling. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 970023. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nelsonville Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clinton Inc Funeral Homes in Cold Spring, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Putnam County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cold Spring. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cold Spring Cemetery
Among them: 2 inventors and engineers, 1 architect, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Emily Warren Roebling1843-1903US civil engineer, helped complete the Brooklyn Bridge
- William Van Alen1882-1954American architect
- Washington Roebling1837-1926American civil engineer
- Carlotta Joaquina Maury1874-1938American paleontologist
- Gouverneur Kemble1786-1875American politician
- James H. Bennett1851-1900United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- John T Metcalfe1818-1902Metcalfe, John T; class of 1838
- William I. Paulding1825-1890American author
- Frederick A. Blaschke1881-1938Modeler
- John Alexander Clinton Gray1902-1967American naval officer
- Mytton Maury1839-1919American clergyman and naturalist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cold Spring 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
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What Cold Spring 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
- Nelsonville CemeteryCold Spring, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Old Cold Spring CemeteryCold Spring, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- West Point CemeteryWest Point, NYMilitary cemetery2.0 mi
- Edwards CemeteryCornwall, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Sacred Heart Catholic CemeteryHighland Falls, NYCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
- Willow Dell CemeteryCornwall, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Peacedale CemeteryHighland Falls, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- North Highland CemeteryBeacon, NYCemetery4.2 mi
- Canterbury Presbyterian Church CemeteryFirthcliffe, NYPresbyterian cemetery4.6 mi
- Sands Ring CemeteryFirthcliffe, NYCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Cold Spring Cemetery
- Clinton Inc Funeral Homes0.3 miFuneral home · Cold Spring · (845) 265-3333
- William F. Hogan Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Highland Falls · (845) 446-2868
- Quigley-Sullivan Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Cornwall On Hudson · (845) 534-9424
- Alysia M. Hicks Funeral Services, Inc.5.5 miFuneral home · Peekskill · (845) 541-3012
- Hudson Valley Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · New Windsor · (845) 562-4411
- Libby Funeral Home Inc5.6 miFuneral home · Beacon · (845) 288-0306
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