About Whitney Cemetery
Whitney Cemetery is a cemetery near Geneva, Ontario County, New York. It lies about 5.0 mi east of Geneva. The grounds sit at about 771 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Mary Gray Peck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 971182. The nearest other listed cemetery is Butcher Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home in Geneva, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 115 cemeteries we list in Ontario County, and 61 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 Whitney Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Mary Gray Peck1867-1957American journalist, suffragist, and clubwoman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Whitney 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
42.88667, -77.07418
What Whitney 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
- Butcher CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery1.6 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Melvin Hill CemeteryPhelps, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- Wheat CemeteryClifton Springs, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Orleans CemeteryClifton Springs, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Buchan CemeteryClifton Springs, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Oak Lawn CemeteryGeneva, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Joslyn CemeteryPhelps, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Theresa Cemetery4035 Flint Road, Stanley, NYCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Whitney Cemetery
- Drennen Memorials3.7 miMonument dealer · Geneva · (315) 789-5907
- McGuigan & Bero Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-1313
- Devaney-Bennett Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-2224
- Palmisano-Mull Funeral Home LLC4.6 miFuneral home · Geneva · (315) 789-6613
- Cheney Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Phelps · (315) 548-4241
- R A Patrick Inc. Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Clifton Springs · (315) 462-2221
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