Cortland Rural Cemetery in Cortland, New York

Cortland Rural Cemetery is a cemetery in Cortland, Cortland County, New York. The grounds sit at about 1,211 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including David Eugene Smith, Nathan Lewis Miller and R. Holland Duell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2541965. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wright-Beard Funeral Home Inc. in Cortland, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Cortland County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 55 listings in Cortland County have a phone number or website on record.

Located just moments from the heart of the Cortland, NY, the Cortland Rural Cemetery gently rises northward from historic Tompkins Street. Spreading graciously among fifty acres of winding drives, lawns, shrubs, and trees ~ amid islands of individual grav

Among them: 2 scientists, 2 US representatives, 1 architect, 1 basketball player, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.

• David Eugene Smith1860-1944
  American mathematician
• Nathan Lewis Miller1868-1953
  American judge
• R. Holland Duell1824-1891
  American politician
• Clayton R. Lusk1872-1959
  American politician
• Joseph Reynolds1785-1864
  United States general 1785-1864
• George W. Conable1866-1933
  American architect
• Ulysses G. Weatherly1865-1940
  American sociologist
• Archibald Lewis Bouton1872-1941
• Jane Elizabeth Doolittle1899-1990
  American Presbyterian missionary in Tehran and academic
• Paul Yesawich1923-2017
  American professional basketball player; New York State Appellate Judge
• William L. Chaplin1796-1871
  American abolitionist
• Frank F. Sornberger1880-1973
  American physician and photographer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Cortland 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.

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.

• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Cortland, NY
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• South Cortland Cemetery

  Munsons Corners, NY
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Glenwood Cemetery

  Homer, NY
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Old Blodgett Cemetery

  McGraw, NY
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Forest Hill Cemetery

  McGraw, NY
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• West Hill Cemetery

  Homer, NY
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• McGraw Rural Cemetery

  McGraw, NY
  Cemetery

  5.1 mi
• Hinman Cemetery

  Cortland West, NY
  Cemetery

  5.1 mi
• Atwater Cemetery

  Homer, NY
  Cemetery

  5.5 mi
• McLean Cemetery

  Cortland West, NY
  Cemetery

  5.8 mi

• Wright-Beard Funeral Home Inc.

  Funeral home · Cortland · (607) 756-2885
  0.7 mi
• Riccardi Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Cortland · (607) 753-1053
  0.9 mi
• St. John Memorials

  Monument dealer · Cortland · (315) 364-8266
  1.3 mi
• Donald L. Barber Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Homer · (607) 749-2134
  3.9 mi
• Barth Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Mc Graw · (607) 836-6400
  5.1 mi
• Zirbel Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Groton · (607) 898-3867
  8.9 mi

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