About Fifty Six Cemetery
Fifty Six Cemetery is a cemetery near Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, New York. It lies about 4.0 mi west of Poestenkill. The grounds sit at about 1,178 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 950040. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brookside Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Perry-Komdat Funeral Chapel, Inc. in Averill Park, about 4.8 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Rensselaer County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Poestenkill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.69142, -73.48517
What Fifty Six 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
- Brookside CemeteryPoestenkill, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Snyder CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Bonesteel CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Hillside CemeteryPoestenkill, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Sand Lake Union CemeteryAverill Park, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- Morrison CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery5.4 mi
- Center Berlin CemeteryAverill Park, NYCemetery6.0 mi
- Berlin Community CemeteryAverill Park, NYCemetery6.0 mi
- Eagle Mills CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery6.3 mi
- Center Brunswick CemeteryCropseyville, NYCemetery7.2 mi
Funeral homes near Fifty Six Cemetery
- Perry-Komdat Funeral Chapel, Inc.4.8 miFuneral chapel · Averill Park · (518) 674-3100
- DeGraaf-Bryce Funeral Home Inc.7.0 miFuneral home · West Sand Lake · (518) 674-5790
- Thomas S Connolly Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Wynantskill
- Wynantskill Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Wynantskill · (518) 283-2911
- Thomas M Barber Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Petersburgh · (518) 658-3751
- Daniel D Purcell Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Troy · (518) 272-7651
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