About West Main Street Cemetery
West Main Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York. It lies about 2.1 mi northeast of Fredonia. The grounds sit at about 755 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Philo Orton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 970788. The nearest other listed cemetery is Webster Road Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Larson-Timko Funeral Home in Fredonia, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Chautauqua County, and 25 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, Fredonia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Main Street Cemetery
- Philo Orton1778-1856American politician and judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Main Street 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
42.42331, -79.36563
What West Main Street 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
- Webster Road CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Forest Hill CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Laona CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Anthony CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Willowbrook Park CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Hedwigs CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Kelley CemeteryBrocton, NYCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near West Main Street Cemetery
- Larson-Timko Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-9000
- Lawson-Timko Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Fredonia
- Fantauzzi Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-7300
- McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Dunkirk · (716) 366-1320
- Morse Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Brocton · (716) 792-4323
- Richard Mackowiak Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Dunkirk
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