About Crosby Cemetery
Crosby Cemetery is a cemetery near Stamford, Greene County, New York. It lies about 16 mi northwest of Stamford. The grounds sit at about 1,745 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Ben Crosby. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 947793. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elk Creek Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miller Funeral Home in Roxbury, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Greene County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Greene County dates to 1873. 6 of the 107 listings in Greene County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Stamford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Crosby Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player.
- Ben Crosby1868-1892American football player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Crosby 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
42.18894, -74.49011
What Crosby 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
- Elk Creek CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery0.8 mi
- Halcott CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Bedell CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Clovesville CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery3.7 mi
- Clovesville Irish Catholic CemeteryStamford, NYCatholic cemetery3.7 mi
- Vega CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- Westkill Community CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- West Kill Methodist Church Cemetery65 Spruceton Road, West Kill, NYMethodist cemetery5.5 mi
- Baker CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery5.6 mi
- Halcottsville CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Crosby Cemetery
- Miller Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Roxbury · (607) 326-7921
- Hynes Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Margaretville · (845) 586-3475
- E B Gormley Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Phoenicia · (845) 688-5500
- Aston-Basagic Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · East Jewett
- Decker Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Windham · (518) 734-3535
- MacArthur Funeral Home, Stamford16 miFuneral home · Stamford · (607) 538-9525
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