About Wallkill Cemetery
Wallkill Cemetery is a cemetery near Mechanicstown, Orange County, New York. It lies about 1.4 mi west of Mechanicstown. The grounds sit at about 420 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Henry Wisner and John Sanborn Phillips. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 968704. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Joseph Cemetery, about 2.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Martinez-Morse Funeral Home in Middletown, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 114 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 56 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, Mechanicstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wallkill Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 journalist.
- Henry Wisner1720-1790Continental Congressman
- John Sanborn Phillips1861-1949American publisher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wallkill 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
41.43592, -74.36293
What Wallkill 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 Joseph CemeteryMiddletown, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Denton CemeteryMiddletown, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Webb CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Salesian CemeteryGoshen, NYCatholic cemetery3.3 mi
- Saint James CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Hillside CemeteryMiddletown, NY · est. 1861Cemetery3.5 mi
- Stacy Beakes CemeteryWashington Heights, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Slate Hill CemeteryGoshen, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Carmelite CemeteryMiddletown, NYChristian cemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Wallkill Cemetery
- Martinez-Morse Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-6918
- Melendez Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 342-0221
- Cornelius, Dodd & Connell Inc. Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-2142
- Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-6309
- Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Middletown · (845) 343-6023
- Donovan Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Goshen · (845) 294-6422
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