About Chester Rural Cemetery
Chester Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Warrensburg, Warren County, New York. It lies about 10 mi south of Warrensburg. The grounds sit at about 863 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Butler Yeats. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2559602. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dillingham Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Barton-McDermott Funeral Home Inc in Chestertown, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Warren County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Warrensburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chester Rural Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- John Butler Yeats1839-1922Irish artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chester Rural 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
43.64159, -73.79998
What Chester Rural 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
- Dillingham CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery1.7 mi
- West Church CemeteryWarrensburg, NYChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Starbuckhill CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery2.0 mi
- Darrowsville CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- South Horicon CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Pitt CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery2.2 mi
- Brant Lake CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- New Vermont CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- Underwood CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery5.9 mi
- Pottersville CemeteryWarrensburg, NYCemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Chester Rural Cemetery
- Barton-McDermott Funeral Home Inc0.9 miFuneral home · Chestertown · (518) 494-2811
- Alexander Funeral Home Inc.10 miFuneral home · Warrensburg · (518) 623-2065
- Edward L Kelly Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Schroon · (518) 532-7177
- Jillson Funeral Home Inc21 miFuneral home · Whitehall · (518) 499-1040
- Singleton Sullivan Potter Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Queensbury · (518) 793-4459
- Brewer Funeral Home Inc22 miFuneral home · Lake Luzerne · (518) 696-2744
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