About Rhinebeck Cemetery
Rhinebeck Cemetery is a cemetery near Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Levi P. Morton, John Armstrong Jr. and Ava Alice Muriel Astor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2461086. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rhinebeck Dutch Reformed Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dapson Chestney Funeral Home in Rhinebeck, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 123 cemeteries we list in Dutchess County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Dutchess County dates to 1840. 2 of the 123 listings in Dutchess County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rhinebeck. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rhinebeck Cemetery
Among them: 6 writers, 3 US representatives, 2 artists, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 US senator.
- Levi P. Morton1824-1920Vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893
- John Armstrong Jr.1758-1843American politician
- Ava Alice Muriel Astor1902-1956Heiress and socialite
- Ernest Howard Crosby1856-1907American politician and author
- Lorena Hickok1893-1968American journalist
- Neysa McMein1888-1949American illustrator and portrait painter
- Thomas S. Savage1804-1880American clergyman and naturalist
- Helen Huntington Hull1893-1976American socialite, patron of arts and political hostess
- Richard Schell1810-1879American politician
- Henry B. Cowles1798-1873American politician
- Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky1925-2019American businessman
- Maria James1793-1868Welsh-born American poet
Show all 28 notable burials
- Alice Olin Dows1881-1963American poet and socialite
- Louise Timpson1904-1970Second wife of Scottish duke Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll
- Dorothy W. Knapp1907-1986American artist and cachet designer
- Laura Franklin Delano1885-1972Peerage person ID=145945
- Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Jr.1891-1963
- Ophelia Guyon Browning1856-1946American hymnwriter
- Alice Ford Huntington Juta1898-1966
- Alida Livingston1761-1822(1761-1822); spouse of John Armstrong
- Helen Lott Jerome1820-1890
- Helen Morton1876-1952
- Henry Eglinton Montgomery1820-1874American cleric
- John G. Baragwanath1886-1965American mining engineer
- Leslie Murray1898-19521898-1952
- Rezin A. Wight1836-1890Baltimore writer, d. 1890, collaborated with Bartlett
- Robert Bowne Suckley1856-1921American lawyer
- Tracy Dows1871-1937American landowner
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rhinebeck 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 Rhinebeck 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
- Rhinebeck Dutch Reformed CemeteryRhinebeck, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Rheinbeck CemetryRhinebeck, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Rhinebeck Reformed Church Cemetery6368 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NYChristian cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryPort Ewen, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery18 Loftus Road, Rhinecliff, NYCatholic cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Lutheran CemeteryRhinebeck, NYLutheran cemetery2.8 mi
- Old Rhinebeck CemeteryRhinebeck, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Wurtemburg CemeteryRhinebeck, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Peter's Lutheran CemeteryRed Hook, NYLutheran cemetery3.2 mi
- Riverview CemeteryPort Ewen, NYCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Rhinebeck Cemetery
- Dapson Chestney Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Rhinebeck · (845) 876-6000
- Burnett & White Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Rhinebeck · (845) 876-3193
- Keyser Carr Simpson Hammerl Funeral & Cremation Service3.4 miCremation provider · Esopus · (845) 331-1473
- Simplicity Funeral & Cremation Care3.4 miCremation provider · Port Ewen · (845) 802-4614
- Gilpatric-VanVliet Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Ulster Park · (845) 338-1200
- Henry J Bruck Funeral Home Inc4.0 miFuneral home · Kingston · (845) 331-0370
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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.