About Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery near Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, New York. It lies about 4.3 mi north of Silver Creek. The grounds sit at about 853 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Elgin Adelbert Angell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 960613. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forestville Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Riles & Woolley Funeral Home in Forestville, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Chautauqua County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Chautauqua County dates to 1827.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Silver Creek. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pioneer Cemetery
- Elgin Adelbert Angell1849-1898American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pioneer 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
42.48133, -79.16819
What Pioneer 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
- Forestville CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- Evergreen Lawn CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Glenwood CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Smiths Mill CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Sheridan Pioneer CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Abbey CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Pope Hill CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Balltown CemeterySilver Creek, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- West Sheridan CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Pioneer Cemetery
- Riles & Woolley Monuments1.0 miMonument dealer · Forestville · (716) 300-1005
- Riles & Woolley Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Forestville · (716) 965-2941
- Hole-Parker Funeral Chapel Inc4.4 miFuneral chapel · Silver Creek · (716) 934-2000
- Richard Mackowiak Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Dunkirk
- McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Dunkirk · (716) 366-1320
- Fantauzzi Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-7300
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