About Lower Cemetery
Lower Cemetery is a cemetery near Stamford, Greene County, New York. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Stamford. The grounds sit at about 1,142 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Zadock Pratt. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 961094. The nearest other listed cemetery is Huggins Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miller Funeral Home in Roxbury, about 6.8 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Greene County, and 50 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 Lower Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Zadock Pratt1790-1871American Politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lower 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
42.32046, -74.43517
What Lower 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
- Huggins CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Fairlawn CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Rappelea CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery1.3 mi
- Huntersfield CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- Little West Kill CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- West Settlement CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Joseph's Chapel CemeteryDurham, NYCatholic cemetery3.9 mi
- Deyo CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- West Conesville CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- Fair View CemeteryStamford, NYCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Lower Cemetery
- Miller Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Roxbury · (607) 326-7921
- Decker Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Windham · (518) 734-3535
- MacArthur Funeral Home, Stamford11 miFuneral home · Stamford · (607) 538-9525
- Aston-Basagic Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · East Jewett
- Hynes Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Margaretville · (845) 586-3475
- E B Gormley Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Phoenicia · (845) 688-5500
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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