About Rome Cemetery
Rome Cemetery is a cemetery near Rome, Oneida County, New York. It lies about 2.1 mi south of Rome. The grounds sit at about 489 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Henry A. Foster, Joseph M. McDade and Alexander H. Bailey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 962842. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Strong-Burns & Sprock Funeral Home in Rome, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 145 cemeteries we list in Oneida County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rome. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rome Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran.
- Henry A. Foster1800-1889American politician
- Joseph M. McDade1931-2017American politician
- Alexander H. Bailey1817-1874American politician
- John Bloomfield Jervis1795-1885American civil engineer
- Oscar Burkard1877-1950United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Henry Huntington1766-1846American lawyer
- Wilson Smith1841-1901American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- George Huntington1770-1841American politician
- Gurdon Huntington1768-1840New York State assembly member
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rome 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
43.24061, -75.47017
What Rome 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 Marys CemeteryRome, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- All Saints CemeteryRome, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- Oneida County CemeteryRome, NYMunicipal cemetery2.2 mi
- Link CemeteryRome, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Peter's CemeteryRome, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryRome, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryRome, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Hamil CemeteryRome, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Delta CemeteryRome, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Hoag CemeteryRome, NYCemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Rome Cemetery
- Strong-Burns & Sprock Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Rome · (315) 336-6360
- Nicholas J. Bush Funeral Home, Inc.0.8 miFuneral home · Rome · (315) 337-2950
- Barry Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Rome · (315) 337-0055
- Kellogg Memorials1.4 miMonument dealer · Rome · (315) 336-0664
- Nunn and Harper Funeral Home, Inc.1.7 miFuneral home · Rome · (315) 337-8500
- GJ Funeral home1.8 miFuneral home · Rome
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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