About East Hillside Cemetery
East Hillside Cemetery is a cemetery near Glen Head, Nassau County, New York. It was established in 1721. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Maratye Bennet, Marÿtje Symonsen and Johannes Cashow I. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 949126. The nearest other listed cemetery is Townsend Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Whitting Funeral Home in Glen Head, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Nassau County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Nassau County dates to 1658. 7 of the 92 listings in Nassau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Glen Head. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at East Hillside Cemetery
- Maratye Bennet1774-1830(1774-1830) wife of Rem Cashow
- Marÿtje Symonsen1705-1772Wife of Johannes Cashow
- Johannes Cashow I1701-1777(1701-1777) husband of Marytje Symonsen
- Margarite Cashow1788-1875
People whose Wikidata entry gives East Hillside 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 East Hillside 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
- Townsend CemeteryGlen Head, NY · est. 1800Cemetery0.2 mi
- Carpenter CemeterySea Cliff, NY · est. 1855Cemetery1.5 mi
- Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church CemeteryLocust Valley, NY · est. 1870Methodist cemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Patrick CemeteryUpper Brookville, NY · est. 1871Christian cemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryGlen Cove, NYEpiscopal cemetery1.8 mi
- Townsend CemeteryGlen Cove, NYCemetery2.0 mi
- Kirby-Mott CemeterySea Cliff, NY · est. 1794Cemetery2.0 mi
- Townsend CemeteryGreenvale, NY · est. 1790Cemetery2.0 mi
- Matinecock Friends Meeting House CemeteryLocust Valley, NY · est. 1726Quaker cemetery2.1 mi
- Garvie CemeteryGlen Cove, NYCemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near East Hillside Cemetery
- Whitting Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Glen Head · (516) 671-0807
- Mclaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-8600
- Dodge Thomas Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-1180
- Roslyn Heights Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-4545
- North Shore Chapel & Graveside Services4.0 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-8832
- Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home, Inc4.7 miFuneral home · Oyster Bay · (516) 922-6700
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