About Riverview Cemetery
Riverview Cemetery is a cemetery near Oxford, Chenango County, New York. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Oxford. The grounds sit at about 1,053 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Barnum Brown, Solomon Bundy and Sara Chapman Bull. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2559169. The nearest other listed cemetery is Van Wagenen Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Behe Funeral Home Inc in Oxford, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 133 cemeteries we list in Chenango County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oxford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Riverview Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Barnum Brown1873-1963American paleontologist
- Solomon Bundy1823-1889American politician
- Sara Chapman Bull1850-1911Writer, disciple of Swami Vivekananda
- Joseph G. Thorp1812-1895Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverview 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
42.44249, -75.58484
What Riverview 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
- Van Wagenen CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- New York State Veterans Home CemeteryOxford, NYVeterans cemetery0.5 mi
- Village CemeteryOxford, NYMunicipal cemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Blackman CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery1.2 mi
- Millbrook CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Moore CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Stafford CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Beardsley CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Mason - Packer CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Riverview Cemetery
- Behe Funeral Home Inc0.6 miFuneral home · Oxford · (607) 843-6888
- Wilson Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Norwich · (607) 336-3993
- R.J. Fahy Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Norwich · (607) 334-8833
- Root Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Greene · (607) 656-4212
- Kennedy Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · Greene · (607) 656-7714
- Westcott Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Unadilla · (607) 369-4122
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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