Grace Episcopal Churchyard in Queens, New York

Grace Episcopal Churchyard is an episcopal cemetery near Queens, Queens County, New York. It lies about 2.4 mi southwest of Queens. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Rufus King, John Alsop King and Richard Cunningham McCormick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2080464. The nearest other listed cemetery is Prospect Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dowd Funeral Home in Jamaica, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Queens County, and 81 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 20 of the 49 listings in Queens County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Queens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 4 US representatives, 3 journalists, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 physicians, 2 writers, 1 governor, 1 US senator.

• Rufus King1755-1827
  American Founding Father
• John Alsop King1788-1867
  American politician
• Richard Cunningham McCormick1832-1901
  American politician, businessman, and journalist
• William Duer1743-1799
  United States lawyer, politician and businessman
• James G. King1791-1853
  American politician
• Charles King1789-1867
  American academic, politician and newspaper editor, New York
• Rufus King1814-1876
  Union United States Army general
• Francis Delafield1841-1915
  American physician
• Gherardi Davis1858-1941
  American politician in New York
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer1810-1864
  Union Army general, American politician in New York
• Catherine Alexander1755-1826
  Second daughter of Gen. William Alexander, the claimant of the Scottish earldom of Stirling
• Maria Denning King1848-1925
  American writer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Grace Episcopal Churchyard 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.

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.

• Prospect Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Saint Monica's Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Methodist Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Methodist cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Maple Grove Cemetery

  127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Brinckerhoff Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Mount Marys Cemetery

  172-00 Booth Memorial Avenue, Queens, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Wyckoff Snediker Family Cemetery

  Queens, NY
  Family cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Cedar Grove Cemetery

  130-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, NY
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Mount Hebron Cemetery

  130-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Springfield Cemetery

  Elmont, NY
  Christian cemetery

  3.0 mi

• Dowd Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jamaica · (718) 739-8117
  0.4 mi
• Gilmore's Roy L Funeral Home

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 529-3030
  0.7 mi
• Crowe's Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · New York · (718) 558-0921
  0.7 mi
• David Williams Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Jamaica · (718) 291-3823
  0.8 mi
• Rosedale Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · South Richmond Hill · (718) 528-1180
  1.2 mi
• Elcock Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · South Richmond Hill · (718) 845-7408
  1.2 mi

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