About Washington Street Cemetery
Washington Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Geneva, Ontario County, New York. It lies about 0.8 mi northeast of Geneva. The grounds sit at about 541 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Gideon Lee, Arthur Cleveland Coxe and Eliakim Sherrill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2376723. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glenwood Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home in Geneva, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 115 cemeteries we list in Ontario County, and 53 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Ontario County dates to 1810. 1 of the 115 listings in Ontario County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Geneva. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Washington Street Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Gideon Lee1778-1841American politician
- Arthur Cleveland Coxe1818-1896American bishop
- Eliakim Sherrill1813-1863Union Army officer and American politician
- John S. Stoddard1810-1862Class of 1830
- John Towler1811-1889British-American physician and writer on photography
- Samuel Angus1784-1840US naval officer
- Sarah Elizabeth Rogers1778-1866
- William Rogers Hopkins1805-1876Professor of chemistry
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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
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What Washington 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
- Glenwood CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic CemeteryGeneva, NYCatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- Brown CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Butcher CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Brookside CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Dobbin CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Willowdale CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Oak Lawn CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Street Cemetery
- McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-1313
- Devaney-Bennett Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-2224
- Palmisano-Mull Funeral Home LLC0.9 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-6613
- Drennen Memorials1.0 miMonument dealer · Geneva · (315) 789-5907
- Coe-Genung Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (315) 539-2931
- Doran Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (315) 539-2211
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