About Brookville Cemetery
Brookville Cemetery is a cemetery near Upper Brookville, Nassau County, New York. It lies about 0.7 mi northeast of Upper Brookville. It was established in 1750. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Ada May, James Freeman Curtis and James Voorhees Duryea. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 944889. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patrick Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home, Inc in Oyster Bay, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Nassau County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Nassau County dates to 1658. 7 of the 92 listings in Nassau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Upper Brookville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Brookville Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 business leader.
- Ada May1896-1978American actress
- James Freeman Curtis1878-1952American lawyer and U.S. Treasury official
- James Voorhees Duryea1804-1889Husband of Jane Cashow
- Daniel Underhill Cashow1816-1897
- Hamilton Udell Cashow1857-1931
- Jane Cashow1807-1879Wife of James Voorhees Duryea
- Lansdell K. Christie1903-1965American entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist
- Obadiah William Seaman1857-1939
- Ellen Daniel Yuille1895-1986
- Wolcott McCormick Blair1893-1966
People whose Wikidata entry gives Brookville 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
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What Brookville 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
- Saint Patrick CemeteryUpper Brookville, NY · est. 1871Christian cemetery1.2 mi
- Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church CemeteryLocust Valley, NY · est. 1870Methodist cemetery2.1 mi
- East Hillside CemeteryGlen Head, NY · est. 1721Cemetery2.2 mi
- Locust CemeteryMuttontown, NY · est. 1816Cemetery2.3 mi
- Montfort Family CemeteryEast Norwich, NYFamily cemetery2.3 mi
- Wesley United Methodist Church CemeteryEast Norwich, NYMethodist cemetery2.3 mi
- Elbert Hegeman CemeteryEast Norwich, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Townsend CemeteryGlen Head, NY · est. 1800Cemetery2.4 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryEast Norwich, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Matinecock Friends Meeting House CemeteryLocust Valley, NY · est. 1726Quaker cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Brookville Cemetery
- Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home, Inc3.3 miFuneral home · Oyster Bay · (516) 922-6700
- Oyster Bay Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Oyster Bay · (516) 922-7442
- Mclaughlin Kramer Megiel Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-8600
- Whitting Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Glen Head · (516) 671-0807
- Dodge Thomas Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Glen Cove · (516) 676-1180
- Beney Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Syosset · (516) 921-2888
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