About Boxwood Cemetery
Boxwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Medina, Orleans County, New York. It lies about 1.0 mi southeast of Medina. The grounds sit at about 509 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including George Kennan, Silas M. Burroughs and Edmund L. Pitts. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 944536. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bogan & Tuttle Funeral Home in Medina, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Orleans County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Medina. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Boxwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- George Kennan1845-1924American explorer and journalist
- Silas M. Burroughs1810-1860American politician
- Edmund L. Pitts1839-1898American politician
- Andrew Downie1863-1930Canadian circus proprietor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Boxwood 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
43.23338, -78.39641
What Boxwood 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 Marys CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- North Shelby CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- West Ridgeway CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Bates Road CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Hageman Farm CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Maple Ridge CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Shelby Center CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Daniels CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- LeValley CemeteryMedina, NYCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Boxwood Cemetery
- Bogan & Tuttle Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Medina · (585) 798-0896
- Cooper Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Medina · (585) 798-5000
- Bates, Wallace & Heath Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Middleport · (716) 735-9244
- Woodside Granite5.3 miMonument dealer · Medina · (585) 589-6500
- Sherrie Bream & Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Gasport · (716) 772-2410
- Woodside Granite9.5 miMonument dealer · Albion · (585) 589-6500
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