About Military Cemetery
Military Cemetery is a cemetery near Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Sackets Harbor. The grounds sit at about 308 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Zebulon Pike, Leonard Covington and Electus Mallory Backus. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957186. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lakeside Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson Funeral Home in Dexter, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 125 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sackets Harbor. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Military Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Zebulon Pike1779-1813American military officer, explorer, and writer
- Leonard Covington1768-1813American politician
- Electus Mallory Backus1765-1813Died in the War of 1812
People whose Wikidata entry gives Military 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
43.94852, -76.10538
What Military 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
- Lakeside CemeterySackets Harbor, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- Stone CemeterySackets Harbor, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Ferry CemeterySackets Harbor, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Sulphur Springs CemeteryAdams Center, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Sherwin Bay CemeterySackets Harbor, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Ingalls - Ingerson CemeterySackets Harbor, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Muskalonge CemeteryBrownville, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- Smithville CemeteryAdams Center, NYCemetery5.2 mi
- Luther Hill CemeteryDexter, NYCemetery5.4 mi
- North Adams CemeteryAdams Center, NYCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Military Cemetery
- Johnson Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Dexter · (315) 639-6257
- Tlc Funeral Home Inc6.7 miFuneral home · Watertown · (315) 779-8525
- Becker-Cleveland Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Chaumont · (315) 649-2912
- Cleveland Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Watertown · (315) 788-6180
- D.L. Calarco Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Watertown · (315) 782-4910
- Cummings Funeral Service, Inc.9.9 miFuneral home · Watertown · (315) 782-0830
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