About Milford Cemetery
Milford Cemetery is a cemetery near Gold Key Lake, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 7.0 mi west of Gold Key Lake. The grounds sit at about 584 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Charles Sanders Peirce, Gifford Pinchot and Rosamond Pinchot. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1181107. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Minisink Reformed Dutch Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stroyan Funeral Home Inc in Milford, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in Pike County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gold Key Lake. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Milford Cemetery
Among them: 3 scientists, 2 artists, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 journalist.
- Charles Sanders Peirce1839-1914American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
- Gifford Pinchot1865-1946American forester and politician
- Rosamond Pinchot1904-1938American socialite and actress
- Charles Van Wyck1824-1895Union Army officer
- Daniel Brodhead IV1736-1809American general 1736-1809
- Marie Zimmermann1879-1972American metalworker and jewelry designer
- Amos Pinchot1873-1944American lawyer and reformist
- Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee1924-2011American socialite, artist
- Cornelia Bryce Pinchot1881-1960American political and social activist, advocate of women's rights
- Daniel Myers Van Auken1826-1908American congressman for Pennsylvania
- Juliette Peircedied 1934Second wife of Charles Sanders Peirce
- Ruth Pickering Pinchot1893-1984American writer
Show all 16 notable burials
- Gifford Bryce Pinchot1915-1989American author and medical researcher
- Gifford Pinchot II1902-1986
- James W. Pinchot1831-1908American businessman
- Mary Jane Eno1838-1914
People whose Wikidata entry gives Milford 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 Milford 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
- Old Minisink Reformed Dutch CemeterySussex, NJCemetery1.0 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryGold Key Lake, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Decker CemeterySussex, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Travis CemeteryGold Key Lake, PACemetery3.6 mi
- Hainesville CemeteryCrandon Lakes, NJCemetery4.1 mi
- Pine Grove Cemetery1 Cemetery Road, Matamoras, PACemetery5.8 mi
- Cemetery on Bell FarmAvenue Q, Matamoras, PACemetery6.3 mi
- Laurel Grove CemeteryPort Jervis, NYCemetery6.7 mi
- Layton CemeteryCrandon Lakes, NJCemetery6.8 mi
- Delaware CemeteryBirchwood Lakes, PACemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Milford Cemetery
- Stroyan Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Milford · (570) 296-6811
- Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Port Jervis · (845) 856-3312
- Gray-Parker Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Port Jervis · (845) 856-5191
- Wood Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Branchville · (973) 948-3030
- Pinkel Funeral Home, Inc.12 miFuneral home · Sussex · (973) 875-3272
- Harrison Rasmussen Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Highland · (845) 557-8010
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