About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Elmira, Chemung County, New York. It lies about 7.9 mi northwest of Elmira. The grounds sit at about 810 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including John G. McDowell and Seymour Lowman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 962573. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dutchtown Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roberts Funeral Home, Inc. in Wellsburg, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Chemung County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 61 listings in Chemung County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elmira. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
- John G. McDowell1794-1866American politician
- Seymour Lowman1868-1940American politician
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
42.02920, -76.67671
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
- Dutchtown CemeteryWaverly, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Elliott-Searles CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Ashland CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Wellsburg Baptist Church CemeterySouthport, NYBaptist cemetery2.8 mi
- Hanlon Hill CemeterySayre, PACemetery3.1 mi
- Chemung CemeteryWaverly, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Wacomber CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Scudder CemeterySouthport, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Wilawana CemeterySouth Waverly, PACemetery4.1 mi
- Forest Lawn Memorial ParkElmira, NYMemorial park4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Roberts Funeral Home, Inc.2.8 miFuneral home · Wellsburg · (607) 734-7811
- Olthof Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Elmira · (607) 733-7566
- Luckner Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Waverly · (607) 565-2573
- Caywood's Funeral Home & Gardens7.6 miFuneral home · Elmira · (607) 732-7081
- Kalec Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Elmira · (607) 734-6196
- Belles Monuments7.9 miMonument dealer · Sayre · (570) 888-8188
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