About Meetinghouse Green Cemetery
Meetinghouse Green Cemetery is a christian cemetery in West Winfield, Herkimer County, New York. It was established in 1801. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Keziah Brace. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilcox Dimbleby Funeral Home in West Winfield, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Herkimer County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Herkimer County. 1 of the 124 listings in Herkimer County have a phone number or website on record.
Families buried here are among the earliest European settlers of the area as early as the 1790s, and reflective of the trend of New England Revolutionary War veterans settling central NY during the immediate post-war period.
Notable people buried at Meetinghouse Green Cemetery
- Keziah Brace1742-181227 Oct 1742 - 4 Nov 1812
People whose Wikidata entry gives Meetinghouse Green 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.
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42.91878, -75.16388
What Meetinghouse Green 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
- Meeting House Green CemeteryCassville, NYChurch cemetery0.0 mi
- Babcock Hill CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Bardin CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- East Winfield Cemetery est.1811Cassville, NYChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Cedarville CemeteryIlion, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Joseph's CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- West Winfield CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Gird CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Bridgewater CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Burgess CemeteryCassville, NYCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Meetinghouse Green Cemetery
- Wilcox Dimbleby Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · West Winfield · (315) 822-3111
- Smith Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Sauquoit · (315) 737-7327
- Applegate-Day & Enea Family Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Ilion · (315) 895-7722
- Whiter-Hendrix Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Ilion · (315) 894-3781
- Enea Family Funeral Home "Serving All of The Mohawk Valley"9.2 miFuneral home · Ilion · (877) 581-3632
- Enea & Ciaccia Family Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Ilion · (315) 894-8000
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Meetinghouse Green Cemetery located?
Meetinghouse Green Cemetery is at Rte.172 Meeting House Road, West Winfield, NY 13491 in Herkimer County. GPS coordinates: 42.91878, -75.16388.
Is Meetinghouse Green Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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