About Slate Hill Cemetery
Slate Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Goshen, Orange County, New York. The grounds sit at about 463 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Henry Bacon, Alexander Wilkin and David M. Westcott. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 965388. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint James Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Donovan Funeral Home in Goshen, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 57 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, Goshen. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Slate Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Henry Bacon1846-1915American politician
- Alexander Wilkin1819-1864American lawyer and businessman
- David M. Westcott1769-1841American politician
- Gates W. McGarrah1863-1940American banker
- Red Howard1900-1973American football player
- William H. Cuddeback1852-1919American judge
- Elizabeth Marie Pope1917-1992American writer and professor of English
- William P. Richardson1848-1923American politician
- Campbell Steward1852-1936
- Frances Wilkin1802-1838Born 1802
- George Wickham Murray1839-1917Millionaire
- Hannah Townsend Wilkin1766-1830
Show all 15 notable burials
- Laurence Vail Coleman1893-1982Born:1893-09-19|died:1982-07-00|; Coleman, Laurence Vail, 1893-; Coleman, Laurence Vail; Coleman, Laurence V.
- Margaret Atherton Beeckman1861-1951
- Westcott Wilkin1824-1894American judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Slate Hill 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 Slate Hill 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
- Saint James CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Salesian CemeteryGoshen, NYCatholic cemetery0.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial CemeteryGoshen, NYVeterans cemetery0.8 mi
- Orange County Veterans Memorial CemeteryGoshen, NYVeterans cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Webb CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Jackson Community CemeteryChester, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Potter's FieldFlorida, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Wallkill CemeteryMechanicstown, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Chester CemeteryChester, NYCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Slate Hill Cemetery
- Donovan Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Goshen · (845) 294-6422
- Flynn Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Chester
- Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, Inc.3.8 miCremation provider · Chester · (845) 469-2525
- T.S. Purta Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Florida · (845) 651-7711
- Martinez-Morse Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-6918
- Cornelius, Dodd & Connell Inc. Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-2142
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