About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Nyack, Rockland County, New York. It lies about 0.7 mi southeast of Nyack. The grounds sit at about 331 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 38 notable people buried here, including Helen Hayes, Edward Hopper and C. Wright Mills. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 959122. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nyack Rural Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hannemann Funeral Home Inc in Nyack, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Rockland County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rockland County dates to 1811.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nyack. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 7 writers, 3 US representatives, 2 actors, 2 artists, 2 journalists, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 musicians, 1 Civil War veteran.
- Helen Hayes1900-1993American actress
- Edward Hopper1882-1967American realist painter and printmaker
- C. Wright Mills1916-1962American sociologist
- Carson McCullers1917-1967American writer
- Ben Hecht1894-1964American writer, director, and producer
- Charles MacArthur1895-1956American playwright and screenwriter
- Alvin Saunders Johnson1874-1971United States economist
- Benjamin Minge Duggar1872-1956American plant physiologist
- Boris Aronson1899-1980American scenic designer for Broadway/Yiddish theatre
- Arthur S. Tompkins1865-1938American judge and legislator
- Eddie Sauter1914-1981American composer and bandleader
- Joseph Johnson Hart1859-1926American politician
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- William Robinson Leigh1866-1955American artist
- Marky Markowitz1923-1986American musician
- Stephen H. Horgan1854-1941American editor and inventor
- Donald M. Call1896-1984United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Emma Winner Rogers1855-1922American author
- Henry Wade Rogers1853-1926American judge
- Moses G. Leonard1809-1899American politician
- Charles King Lexow1849-1928United States attorney
- Clarence Lexow1852-1910American politician
- Hugh Maxwell1787-1873American politician
- William S. Worth1840-1904American general
- Edwina Stanton Babcock1875-1965American writer and poet
- Emma Bogart1839-1889Wife of Leonard Hazeltine, Jr.
- John F. Auer1866-1951United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Judson Canfield1759-1840Non-student///profession:Lawyer; Political Office/born:1759/died:1840
- Leonard Augustus Hazeltine1861-1862
- Leonard Hazeltine I1803-1874Husband of Sarah Hart
- Leonard Hazeltine II1837-1902Husband of Emma Bogart
- Mary MacArthur1930-1949American actress
- Rose Caylor1898-1979American screenwriter and playwright
- Weibin Wang1960-2001American programmer and analyst of Chinese descent, victim of the September 11 attacks at North Tower, World Trade Center
- Caroline Ross Maxwell1853-1936
- Charles Edward Lydecker1851-1920National Security League
- George Henry Budke1868-1948
- John Stevenson Maxwell1816-1870
- Marguerite Waters Smith1890-1955
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill 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
- Nyack Rural CemeteryNyack, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Moor Cemetery5 Cemetery Lane, West Nyack, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Temple Israel Memorial ParkBlauvelt, NYMemorial park3.5 mi
- Saint Catharines CemeteryBlauvelt, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow CemeterySleepy Hollow, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryCongers, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Old Dutch CemeterySleepy Hollow, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Rockefeller Family CemeterySleepy Hollow, NYFamily cemetery3.7 mi
- Rockland CemeteryPiermont, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Germonds CemeteryBardonia, NYCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Hannemann Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Nyack · (845) 358-0573
- Joseph W Sorce Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · West Nyack · (845) 358-4433
- DFS Memorials LLC - Head Office2.2 miMonument dealer · Valley Cottage · (646) 374-4212
- Michael J. Higgins Funeral Service3.4 miFuneral home · Congers · (845) 268-6665
- Moritz Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Tappan · (845) 359-0890
- Coffey Funeral Home Inc3.9 miFuneral home · Tarrytown · (914) 631-0983
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