About Greenville Rural Cemetery
Greenville Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Durham, Greene County, New York. It lies about 7.9 mi west of Durham. The grounds sit at about 741 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Robert Anthony Gelchion. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2547520. The nearest other listed cemetery is Locust Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is A J Cunningham Funeral Home in Greenville, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Greene County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Greene County dates to 1873. 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, Durham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenville Rural Cemetery
Among them: 1 World War II veteran.
- Robert Anthony Gelchion1924-1966American prisoner of war
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenville 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.
Map
42.41749, -74.01945
What Greenville Rural 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
- Locust CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Greenville Center CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery2.0 mi
- Craw CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- O'Hara CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- King Hill CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- King CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Waldron CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Grapeville CemeteryRavena, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Westerlo Central CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Campbell CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Greenville Rural Cemetery
- A J Cunningham Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Greenville · (518) 966-8313
- Richards Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Cairo · (518) 622-9503
- Babcock Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Ravena · (518) 756-8333
- Pero Memorial Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Ravena · (518) 756-9050
- A.j. Cunningham Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Ravena · (518) 756-3313
- Decker Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Windham · (518) 734-3535
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