About Huntington Rural Cemetery
Huntington Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Harry Chapin, Orator Fuller Cook and William Faversham. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 953498. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Burial Hill Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is M. A. Connell Funeral Home in Huntington Station, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Huntington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Huntington Rural Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 2 scientists, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Harry Chapin1942-1981American singer-songwriter
- Orator Fuller Cook1867-1949American botanist and entomologist
- William Faversham1868-1940British-born American actor
- Alice Carter Cook1868-1943American botanist and author
- Hiram Paulding1797-1878United States Navy admiral
- Julie Opp1871-1921American actress
- Roland R. Conklin1858-1938American financier
- Henry C. Platt1840-1904American lawyer and politician
- Zebulon Ketcham Oakley1840-1901
- Addie Lowndes1864-1947Antique furniture collector
- Russell Bunce Brush1905-1988American author
- Sima Miluschewa1916-2005Avionics engineer
Show all 13 notable burials
- Stanley Lowndes1857-1914Oyster shipper and antique collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Huntington Rural 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 Huntington Rural 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
- Old Burial Hill CemeteryHuntington, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church CemeteryHuntington, NYMethodist cemetery1.1 mi
- Bethel A.M.E. Church CemeteryHuntington, NYMethodist cemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryCold Spring Harbor, NYChristian cemetery1.8 mi
- Harbor Road Burying GroundLaurel Hollow, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- West Hills Methodist Church CemeteryWest Hills, NYMethodist cemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Johns Memorial Cemetery1704 State Highway 25A, Laurel Hollow, NY · est. 1862Christian cemetery3.1 mi
- Huntington Historic CemeteryWest Hills, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Old Northport CemeteryFort Salonga Road, Centerport, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Northport Rural Cemetery23 Sandy Hollow Road, Northport, NYCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Huntington Rural Cemetery
- Sprung Monuments Huntington0.2 miMonument dealer · Huntington · (631) 425-1999
- M. A. Connell Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Huntington Station · (631) 427-1123
- A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home, Inc.1.3 miFuneral home · Huntington Station · (631) 423-2185
- Parkside Memorial Chapels4.3 miFuneral home · Woodbury · (516) 868-1616
- Guttermans Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Woodbury · (516) 921-5757
- Beney Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Syosset · (516) 921-2888
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