Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York

Kensico Cemetery is a cemetery near Valhalla, Westchester County, New York. It lies about 0.6 mi east of Valhalla. The grounds sit at about 335 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 381 notable people buried here, including Ayn Rand, Elie Wiesel and I. M. Pei. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 954521. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gate of Heaven Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services of Hawthorne in Hawthorne, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 73 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 7 of the 116 listings in Westchester County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Valhalla. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 161 actors, 53 writers, 47 musicians, 19 business leaders, 18 artists, 14 journalists, 13 US representatives, 10 inventors and engineers.

• Ayn Rand1905-1982
  Russian-born American writer and public philosopher
• Elie Wiesel1928-2016
  Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor
• I. M. Pei1917-2019
  Chinese-American architect
• Sergei Rachmaninoff1873-1943
  Russian composer, pianist and conductor
• Anne Bancroft1931-2005
  American actress
• Danny Kaye1911-1987
  American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian
• Beverly Sills1929-2007
  American operatic soprano
• Billie Burke1884-1970
  American stage and film actress
• Lou Gehrig1903-1941
  American baseball player
• Gil Scott-Heron1949-2011
  American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author
• Tommy Dorsey1905-1956
  American big band leader and musician
• Edwin Stanton Porter1870-1941
  American film pioneer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Kensico 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.

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.

• Gate of Heaven Cemetery

  Valhalla, NY
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Mount Eden Cemetery

  Valhalla, NY
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Mount Pleasant Cemetery

  Hawthorne, NY
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Mount Calvary Cemetery

  Valhalla, NY
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Broadway Cemetery

  Hawthorne, NY
  Catholic cemetery

  2.2 mi
• White Plains Rural Cemetery

  White Plains, NY
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

  White Plains, NY
  Presbyterian cemetery

  3.0 mi
• All Souls Cemetery

  Pleasantville, NY
  Christian cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

  Hartsdale, NY
  Pet cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Old Dutch Cemetery

  Sleepy Hollow, NY
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi

• Valhalla Memorials

  Monument dealer · Valhalla · (914) 448-3800
  0.4 mi
• Monuments & Lettering Wholesale Direct

  Monument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 741-2300
  1.3 mi
• Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services of Hawthorne

  Cremation provider · Hawthorne · (914) 769-4404
  1.3 mi
• Gate of Heaven Memorials

  Monument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 769-1452
  1.3 mi
• Sharongardens Memorials

  Monument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 984-4198
  1.3 mi
• Riverside Memorial Chapel - Hawthorne

  Funeral chapel · Hawthorne · (914) 664-6800
  1.7 mi

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