About Florida Cemetery
Florida Cemetery is a cemetery near Florida, Orange County, New York. The grounds sit at about 427 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Charles Wheeler Pierson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2440125. The nearest other listed cemetery is Potter's Field, about 2.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is T.S. Purta Funeral Home in Florida, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orange County dates to 1861. 1 of the 114 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Florida. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Florida Cemetery
- Charles Wheeler Pierson1864-1934American jurist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Florida 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
41.33194, -74.36126
What Florida 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
- Potter's FieldFlorida, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Josephs Cemetery616 Union Corners Road, Florida, NYCatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Beth Shalom CemeteryFlorida, NYJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- St. Peter Lutheran CemeteryFlorida, NYLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Webb CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery4.2 mi
- Wisner CemeteryWarwick, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Jackson Community CemeteryChester, NYCemetery4.6 mi
- Chester CemeteryChester, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Roe CemeteryChester, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Florida Cemetery
- T.S. Purta Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Florida · (845) 651-7711
- Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, Inc.4.8 miCremation provider · Chester · (845) 469-2525
- Flynn Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Chester
- Donovan Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Goshen · (845) 294-6422
- LAZEAR-SMITH & VANDER PLAAT MEMORIAL HOME5.4 miFuneral home · Warwick · (845) 986-4331
- Zygmunt-Murtie Funeral and Cremation Service5.7 miCremation provider · Warwick · (845) 977-6127
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