About Norton Cemetery
Norton Cemetery is a cemetery near North Elba, Essex County, New York. It lies about 8.6 mi west of North Elba. The grounds sit at about 1,073 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Ivan Brown, Alan Washbond and Ethel Martin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959010. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shaw Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hendrick Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, about 9.2 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Elba. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Norton Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor.
- Ivan Brown1908-1963Bobsledder
- Alan Washbond1899-1965Bobsledder
- Ethel Martin1921-2015American dancer and choreographer
- George Martin1924-2011American dancer and theatre professional
- Kate Grosvenor Fowler1888-1982
- Nathan Ward1786-1868
People whose Wikidata entry gives Norton 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
44.23744, -73.78030
What Norton 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
- Shaw CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Holt CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Estes CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Ingalls CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery7.3 mi
- Central CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery9.4 mi
- John Browns GraveNorth Elba, NYCemetery9.5 mi
- Riverside CemeteryElizabethtown, NYCemetery9.5 mi
- North Elba Cemetery76 Old Military Road, Lake Placid, NYCemetery9.7 mi
- Malbone CemeteryNorth Elba, NYCemetery9.7 mi
Funeral homes near Norton Cemetery
- Hendrick Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Elizabethtown
- Heidrick-Zaumetzer Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Au Sable Forks · (518) 647-8177
- Fortune-Keough Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Saranac Lake · (518) 891-3613
- Harland Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Port Henry · (518) 546-7033
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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