About First Ward Cemetery
First Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. It lies about 2.0 mi south of Syracuse. The grounds sit at about 466 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2542173. The nearest other listed cemetery is Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Farone & Son, Inc. Funeral Home in Syracuse, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 160 cemeteries we list in Onondaga County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Onondaga County dates to 1864. 9 of the 160 listings in Onondaga County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Syracuse. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.07527, -76.15805
What First Ward 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
- Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum2401 Court Street, Lyncourt, NYCatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Rose Hill CemeterySyracuse, NYCemetery1.4 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryLyncourt, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Myrtle Hill CemeterySolvay, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeterySolvay, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- St. John The Baptist Ukrainian Catholic CemeterySolvay, NYCatholic cemetery2.9 mi
- Oakwood Cemetery940 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Messina Springs CemeteryJames Street, DeWitt, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Village of Liverpool CemeteryLiverpool, NYMunicipal cemetery3.4 mi
- Morningside Cemetery (historical)Syracuse, NYCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near First Ward Cemetery
- Farone & Son, Inc. Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 422-1911
- Central New York Funeral Services0.4 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 478-6657
- Frasier-Shepardson Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 471-2349
- Keegan-Osbelt-Knight Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 422-2534
- Carter Funeral Home Inc.1.0 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (315) 474-1427
- De Regis Monuments1.3 miMonument dealer · Syracuse · (315) 479-6111
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