About Rockland Cemetery
Rockland Cemetery is a cemetery near Piermont, Rockland County, New York. The grounds sit at about 210 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Henry Hull, Alexander Skene and Maurice Ewing. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 962755. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Catharines Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Moritz Funeral Home in Tappan, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Rockland County, and 60 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, Piermont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rockland Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 scientist.
- Henry Hull1890-1977American actor
- Alexander Skene1837-1900Scottish-American gynecologist
- Maurice Ewing1906-1974American geophysicist and oceanographer
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis1916-2014Novelist, short story writer
- Kathleen Collins1942-1988American poet, writer and filmmaker
- Louis Blenker1812-1863Union Army general
- Hugo Winterhalter1909-1973American musician, arranger and composer
- Henry Gorringe1841-1885United States Navy officer
- John W. Ferdon1826-1884American politician
- Louise Seymour Houghton1838-1920American writer, translator, editor
- MacGillivray Milne1882-1959Naval officer and Governor of American Samoa
- Blanche DeVries Bernard1891-1984
Show all 14 notable burials
- James N. Wallace1865-1919American banker
- Robert Erskine Ely1861-1948American educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rockland 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 Rockland 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 Catharines CemeteryBlauvelt, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Temple Israel Memorial ParkBlauvelt, NYMemorial park2.6 mi
- Blaisdell CemeteryOrangeburg, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Nyack Rural CemeteryNyack, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryNyack, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Cooke Family CemeteryHastings-on-Hudson, NYFamily cemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Moor Cemetery5 Cemetery Lane, West Nyack, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Old Dutch CemeterySleepy Hollow, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- Westchester Hills Cemetery400 Saw Mill River Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- Temple Israel Cemetery388 Saw Mill River Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, NYCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Rockland Cemetery
- Moritz Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Tappan · (845) 359-0890
- Moritz Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Orangetown · (845) 359-0890
- Pizzi Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Northvale · (201) 767-3050
- Hannemann Funeral Home Inc3.2 miFuneral home · Nyack · (845) 358-0573
- Edwards-Dowdle Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Dobbs Ferry · (914) 693-3330
- Lincoln Park Funeral Home Inc3.9 miFuneral home · Hastings-on-Hudson · (914) 963-1550
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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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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