About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York. The grounds sit at about 801 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including John Magee, John N. Hungerford and Fremont Cole. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 974077. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Royce-Chedzoy Funeral Home in Watkins Glen, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Schuyler County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Watkins Glen. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.
- John Magee1794-1868American politician from New York
- John N. Hungerford1825-1883American politician
- Fremont Cole1856-1915American politician
- Frank A. Frost1874-1947American politician in New York
- Helen Mackay1876-1961American author
- Arabella Helen Magee1873-1928
- Arabella Magee1854-19081854-1908
- Archibald K. K. Mackay1866-1941
- Duncan S. Magee1831-1869American businessman
- Emma Magee1878-1964
- George Jefferson Magee1840-1897American industrialist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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 Marys CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery0.2 mi
- County Line CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Cook CemeteryMontour Falls, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Burdett Presbyterian CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYPresbyterian cemetery3.2 mi
- Hector Union CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Townsend CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery4.4 mi
- Bennetsburg Church CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Old Reading CemeteryWatkins Glen, NYCemetery4.8 mi
- Coe CemeteryMontour Falls, NYCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Royce-Chedzoy Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Watkins Glen · (607) 535-4331
- Vedder-Scott & Zinger Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Montour Falls · (607) 535-2396
- Lawrence Memorial Chapel6.8 miFuneral chapel · Alpine
- Baird Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Dundee · (607) 243-7369
- Lynch Funeral Home Inc15 miFuneral home · Horseheads · (607) 739-1301
- Sullivan's Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Horseheads · (607) 739-2035
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