About Saint Peters Cemetery
Saint Peters Cemetery is a cemetery near Green Island, Rensselaer County, New York. It lies about 1.6 mi southwest of Green Island. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Morrissey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 964143. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakwood Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Simmons Funeral Home, LLC in Troy, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Rensselaer County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Green Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Saint Peters Cemetery
Among them: 1 boxer, 1 US representative.
- John Morrissey1831-1878American boxer and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Peters 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
42.75718, -73.66579
What Saint Peters 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
- Oakwood CemeteryCohoes, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Lansingburgh Village Burial GroundCohoes, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Old Catholic Burial GroundCohoes, NYCatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Van Schaick CemeteryCohoes, NYCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint John CemeteryWaterford, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Calvary CemeteryCohoes, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryTroy, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic CemeteryGreen Island, NYCatholic cemetery2.4 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryWatervliet, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Basils Russian Orthodox CemeteryWatervliet, NYOrthodox cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Peters Cemetery
- Simmons Funeral Home, LLC0.8 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 729-0111
- Riverview Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 235-5610
- Simple Choices Cremation Service0.8 miCremation provider · Troy · (518) 435-8030
- McLoughlin & Mason Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 235-1722
- Grethen-Cahrenger Memorials1.0 miMonument dealer · Troy · (518) 235-3312
- John J. Sanvidge Funeral Home, Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 235-0952
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