About Brookfield Rural Cemetery
Brookfield Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near Waterville, Madison County, New York. It lies about 8.9 mi north of Waterville. The grounds sit at about 1,365 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Joseph Clark and John Alvin Pierce. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2542907. The nearest other listed cemetery is Waterman Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnston & Stanimer Funeral Home in Brookfield, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Madison County dates to 1799.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waterville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Brookfield Rural Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist.
- Joseph Clark1787-1873American politician
- John Alvin Pierce1907-1996American physicist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Brookfield 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
42.81056, -75.32056
What Brookfield 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
- Waterman CemeteryWaterville, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Rogers CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Lamb CemeterySherburne, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Welch CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Giles CemeterySherburne, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Mott CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Leonardsville CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Gorton CemeteryWaterville, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Crumb CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Quaker Hill CemeteryHamilton, NYQuaker cemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Brookfield Rural Cemetery
- Johnston & Stanimer Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Brookfield · (315) 899-7799
- Wilcox Dimbleby Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · West Winfield · (315) 822-3111
- Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Homes Inc8.8 miFuneral home · Waterville · (315) 841-4211
- Delker and Terry Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Edmeston · (607) 965-8242
- Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Homes, Inc.11 miFuneral home · Hamilton · (315) 824-2417
- Paul Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Madison · (315) 893-7272
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