About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Coxsackie, Greene County, New York. It lies about 1.7 mi south of Coxsackie. It was established in 1873. The grounds sit at about 148 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane, Philip A. Goodwin and Horace W. Palmer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 970529. The nearest other listed cemetery is Coxsackie Village Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Raymond E Bond Funeral Home in Valatie, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Greene County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Greene County. 6 of the 107 listings in Greene County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Coxsackie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives.
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane1858-1943American politician
- Philip A. Goodwin1882-1937American politician
- Horace W. Palmer1878-1953American lawyer and politician
- Julia S. Hoag1837-1910American clerk and botanical collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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
42.37586, -73.80316
What Riverside 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
- Coxsackie Village CemeteryCoxsackie, NYMunicipal cemetery1.4 mi
- Firwood CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Armstrong Family CemeteryCoxsackie, NYFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Reed CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Lish Homestead CemeteryRavena, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Lampman CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Stuyvesant Falls CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Hallenbeck CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Raymond E Bond Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Valatie · (518) 758-7031
- Babcock Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Ravena · (518) 756-8333
- Pero Memorial Chapel6.8 miFuneral chapel · Ravena · (518) 756-9050
- A.j. Cunningham Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Ravena · (518) 756-3313
- Richards Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Athens · (518) 945-1065
- Sacco Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Hudson · (518) 828-5000
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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