North Elba Cemetery in Lake Placid, New York

North Elba Cemetery is a cemetery in Lake Placid, Essex County, New York. The grounds sit at about 1,808 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Melvil Dewey, Charles Jewtraw and Craig Wood. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 958775. The nearest other listed cemetery is John Browns Grave, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake, about 8.8 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

Among them: 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 scientist.

• Melvil Dewey1851-1931
  American librarian
• Charles Jewtraw1900-1996
  American speed skater
• Craig Wood1901-1968
  Professional golfer
• Godfrey Dewey1887-1977
  American sports executive
• Virginia Caroline Reeve1918-1995
  (1918-1995) wife of Ralph Milton Bozarth
• Margaret Dressler Nohowel1888-1969
  American artist

People whose Wikidata entry gives North Elba 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.

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.

• John Browns Grave

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Pine Ridge Cemetery

  Saranac Lake, NY
  Cemetery

  8.6 mi
• Ingalls Cemetery

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  8.9 mi
• Shaw Cemetery

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  9.5 mi
• Norton Cemetery

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  9.7 mi
• Holt Cemetery

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  9.7 mi
• Saint Bernards Cemetery

  Saranac Lake, NY
  Cemetery

  10.0 mi
• Estes Cemetery

  North Elba, NY
  Cemetery

  10 mi
• Brookside Cemetery

  Saranac Lake, NY
  Cemetery

  10 mi
• Goodspeed Cemetery

  Saranac Lake, NY
  Cemetery

  11 mi

• Fortune-Keough Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Saranac Lake · (518) 891-3613
  8.8 mi
• Heidrick-Zaumetzer Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Au Sable Forks · (518) 647-8177
  19 mi
• Hendrick Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Elizabethtown
  19 mi
• Frary Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Tupper Lake · (518) 359-9311
  25 mi

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