About White Plains Rural Cemetery
White Plains Rural Cemetery is a cemetery near White Plains, Westchester County, New York. It lies about 1.0 mi southeast of White Plains. The grounds sit at about 249 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Ralph Waite, Carl Williams and Newton Steers. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 963080. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Granby's Funeral Service in White Plains, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 75 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, White Plains. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at White Plains Rural Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 boxer, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Ralph Waite1928-2014American actor
- Carl Williams1959-2013American boxer
- Newton Steers1917-1993American politician
- Oliver Harriman, Jr.1862-1940American stockbroker and heir
- Abraham Hatfield1867-1957American businessman and philatelist
- B. S. Osbon1827-1912American maritime journalist
- Henry Floy1866-1916American electrical and mechanical engineer
- John Edgar Leaycraft1849-1916American real estate developer
- John Harriman1904-1961American financial reporter
- Alice Laidley1903-1926Wife of John Harriman
- Elizabeth W. Woodworth1845-1909Mycologist and botanical collector
- Jackson O. Dykman1826-1904American judge
Show all 15 notable burials
- Julia Norton Hartshorne1863-1955
- Kate O'Neill Tompkins1850-1916Collector associated with the National Museum of the American Indian
- William M. Savin1865-1933Broker and naturalist
People whose Wikidata entry gives White Plains 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
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What White Plains 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
- First Presbyterian Church CemeteryWhite Plains, NYPresbyterian cemetery0.8 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Hartsdale Pet CemeteryHartsdale, NYPet cemetery2.2 mi
- Kensico CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- Gate of Heaven CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Eden CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryHawthorne, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Ferncliff CemeteryGreenburgh, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Historic Greenville CemeteryGreenville, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Broadway CemeteryHawthorne, NYCatholic cemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near White Plains Rural Cemetery
- Granby's Funeral Service1.3 miFuneral home · White Plains · (914) 682-0050
- Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services1.4 miCremation provider · White Plains · (914) 949-0566
- Lee's Funeral Home, LLC1.5 miFuneral home · White Plains · (914) 949-0372
- Andre F Baker Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · White Plains · (914) 997-6900
- McMahon Lyon & Hartnett Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · White Plains · (914) 949-7777
- Rosenthal Memorial Chapel1.8 miFuneral chapel · White Plains · (914) 773-0030
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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