About Rumsey Cemetery
Rumsey Cemetery is a cemetery near Elmira, Chemung County, New York. It lies about 12 mi southwest of Elmira. The grounds sit at about 1,640 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514411. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jenkins Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Allen-Manzer Funeral Home in Spencer, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Chemung County, and 38 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.
Map
42.15830, -76.59223
What Rumsey 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
- Jenkins CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Westbrook CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Canfield Memorial CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Hicks CemeteryElmira, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Price-Simcoe CemeteryWaverly, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryHorseheads, NYCemetery5.1 mi
- Lockwood CemeteryWaverly, NYCemetery5.1 mi
- Swartwood CemeteryHorseheads, NYCemetery5.5 mi
- Scotchtown CemeteryHorseheads, NYCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Rumsey Cemetery
- Allen-Manzer Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Spencer · (607) 589-4900
- Sullivan's Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Horseheads · (607) 739-2035
- Luckner Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Waverly · (607) 565-2573
- Blauvelt Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Waverly · (607) 565-7301
- Kalec Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Elmira · (607) 734-6196
- James D Barrett Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Elmira · (607) 733-4629
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