About Saint Hedwigs Cemetery
Saint Hedwigs Cemetery is a cemetery near Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York. It lies about 1.3 mi northwest of Dunkirk. The grounds sit at about 679 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 963537. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home in Dunkirk, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Chautauqua County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Chautauqua County dates to 1827.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dunkirk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.46584, -79.31779
What Saint Hedwigs 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Willowbrook Park CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Forest Hill CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Anthony CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- West Sheridan CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Hyacinth CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Laona CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- West Main Street CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Hedwigs Cemetery
- McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Dunkirk · (716) 366-1320
- Richard Mackowiak Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Dunkirk
- Fantauzzi Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-7300
- Lawson-Timko Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Fredonia
- Larson-Timko Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-9000
- Riles & Woolley Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Forestville · (716) 965-2941
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