Montezuma Rural Cemetery in Port Byron, New York
Also known as Prospect Hill Cemetery
About Montezuma Rural Cemetery
Montezuma Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York. It lies about 4.2 mi northeast of Port Byron. The grounds sit at about 515 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957552. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mentz Church Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Audioun Funeral Home in Port Byron, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 145 cemeteries we list in Cayuga County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Port Byron. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.00123, -76.69236
What Montezuma Rural 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
- Mentz Church CemeteryPort Byron, NYChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Old Montezuma CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Fairchild CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- McArthur CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- McCloud CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Fosterville CemeteryAuburn, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Salt Road CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Wethey CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Cranebrook CemeteryAuburn, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- King CemeteryPort Byron, NYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Montezuma Rural Cemetery
- Audioun Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Port Byron · (315) 776-4221
- Norton-Mull Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Savannah · (315) 365-3215
- Plis Funeral Home, Inc7.3 miFuneral home · Auburn · (315) 252-6261
- White Chapel Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Weedsport · (315) 258-9101
- Pettigrass Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Auburn · (315) 253-8531
- Brew Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Auburn · (315) 253-6293
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