About Townsend Cemetery
Townsend Cemetery is a cemetery near Greenvale, Nassau County, New York. It was established in 1790. The nearest other listed cemetery is Roslyn Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is North Shore Chapel & Graveside Services in Roslyn Heights, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Nassau County, and 90 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, Greenvale. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.81112, -73.61996
What Townsend 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
- Roslyn CemeteryGreenvale, NY · est. 1861Cemetery0.7 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Burying Ground124 Hillcrest Avenue, Roslyn, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Townsend CemeteryGlen Head, NY · est. 1800Cemetery1.9 mi
- East Hillside CemeteryGlen Head, NY · est. 1721Cemetery2.0 mi
- Kirby-Mott CemeterySea Cliff, NY · est. 1794Cemetery2.6 mi
- Carpenter CemeterySea Cliff, NY · est. 1855Cemetery2.7 mi
- Brookville CemeteryUpper Brookville, NY · est. 1750Cemetery2.8 mi
- Clark Botanic GardenAlbertson, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Flower Hill Cemetery Historical SiteFlower Hill, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Patrick CemeteryUpper Brookville, NY · est. 1871Christian cemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Townsend Cemetery
- North Shore Chapel & Graveside Services2.3 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-8832
- Roslyn Heights Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Roslyn Heights · (516) 621-4545
- Whitting Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Glen Head · (516) 671-0807
- Mclaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-8600
- Dodge Thomas Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-1180
- Fairchild Sons Funeral Chapel3.8 miFuneral chapel · Manhasset · (516) 627-2000
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