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Cemeteries in Rockland County, New York
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Clarkstown: Congers, Nanuet, New City, Rockland
Lake, Upper Nyack, Valley Cottage,
West Nyack
Haverstraw: Garnerville,
Haverstraw, Thiells, Willow Grove
Orangetown: Blauvelt,
Nyack, Orangeburg, Palisades,
Pearl River, Piermont, South Nyack, Sparkill, Tappan
Ramapo: Airmont, Camp Hill, Chestnut Ridge, Hempstead, Hillburn, Ladentown,
Monsey, Montebello, Mount
Ivy, New Hempstead, Pomona, Ramapo, Sloatsburg, Sherwoodville, Spring Valley, Suffern, Tallman, Viola
Stony Point: Grassy
Point, Stony Point, Tomkins
Cove
Palisades Park System
Regions neighboring Rockland Co.
References
Map grid
This file is an attempt to list all known cemeteries in Rockland County, past and
present, active and abandoned. They are listed by TOWN, then by VILLAGE and finally,
alphabetically. It is not complete, but represents all that have been located in published
information to date. Because descriptions in different sources are not always clear, there
may be some duplicate listings under different names. For additional information consult
the sources listed. Some sources list cemeteries and locations. Other list individual
graves and birth and death dates. See Resources.
Additions, corrections and other reference information is welcome and appreciated.
Responses should be sent to the compiler, Robert L. Protzmann, for the Genealogical
Society of Rockland County. <protzy41
optonline.net>
| Cemetery Location
Number of reported graves |
Ownership Current
Mailing Address
Telephone
History |
References |
| CONGERS |
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| Brisley Family Burial Ground Rear of 36
Dover Road
Congers, NY
11 graves (1844-1869)
125 x 125 ft.
Search |
Abandoned (Private) Formerly the George Felter farm
property. |
2; 4, V6, p104; 20. |
| Snedeker Graves Old Haverstraw Road and
Lake Road
near Congers Methodist Church
Congers, NY
4 graves (1810-1856)
20 x 15 ft. |
Congers United Methodist Church Congers-Lake Road
Congers, NY
(Formerly reported as "South side of the Swamp Road, a few hundred ft West of the
Congers Church") |
2; 4, V6, p82; 20. |
| Waring Family Graves Off Congers Road, on
Cropsey Farm
Opposite Garecht /Garret Road
Congers, NY
4 graves (1841-1842)
10 x 10 ft. |
Abandoned (Private) |
2; 20. |
| DeBaun/Swartwout BG Congers Lake Memorial
Park
north of parking lot
Congers, NY
38 graves (1831-1878)
75 x 100 ft. |
Abandoned. Town of Clarkstown |
2; 4, V6, p79; 20. |
| Van Houten, Howard Graves ca. 1 mi N of
Congers Rd, on Ridge Road
(New City) Congers, NY
6 graves
15 x 25 ft. |
Deserted Cemetery |
7, V4, p36; 20. |
| Vanderbilt, Van Houten, etc. Graves Congers,
NY
diag across street from one above
9 graves listed
40 x 40 ft. |
Deserted Cemetery |
7, V4, p36; 20. |
| NANUET |
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| Mount Rest Middletown Road and Church
Street
Nanuet, NY |
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21. |
| Nanuet (True Reformed Church) Cemetery Corner
of South Middletown Road and Church Street, rear of gas station.
Nanuet, NY
170 graves (1827-1969)
Search |
St. Paul’s Church New City, NY 10956 |
2; 4, Vol 2. |
| Nanuet Cemetery (New Section) Adjoining,
south of True Reformed Church Cemetery (Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery)
Middletown Road
Nanuet, NY
645 graves
200 x 600 ft.
Search |
Office Address 22 Atlantic St.
Nanuet, NY 10954 |
1; 2; 7, V4, p 1-19; 20. |
| St. Agatha Cemetery Off Duryea Lane
(Highland Avenue)
about 0.5 mile south of Convent Road
170 graves (1891-1984)
200 x 125 ft.
Search |
St. Agatha Home 135 Convent Road
Nanuet, NY
845-623-3461 |
2; 20. |
| St. Anthony’s Church Cemetery Old
West Nyack Road
Opposite College Road
Nanuet, NY
1899 - present
5 acres |
St. Anthony’s Church Rectory
34 East Rt 59A
Nanuet, NY
845-623-2138 |
1;2; 20 |
| Saint Paul’s High View Cemetery South
Middletown Road
Nanuet, NY
adj Nanuet Cemetery
300 x 600 ft. |
Active St Paul’s Luthern Church
323 South Main Street
New City, NY 10956
845-634-5574 |
1; 20 |
| NEW CITY |
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| Slave Burial Ground South Little Tor Road
New City, NY |
Outside fence of Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery |
21. |
| Brouwer/Furman Graves South Little Tor
Road
New City, NY
4 graves (1876-1881)
10 x 10 ft. |
Abandoned outside of fence, of Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery
|
2; 20. |
| Brouwer Family Burial Ground Rear of
Germond’s Church Cemetery (Kings Highway)
39 West Germonds Road
New City, NY 10956
9 graves (1801-1860)
50 x 50 ft. |
Germonds Presbyterian Church 39 West Germonds Road
New City, NY 10956 |
2; 4, V6, p119; 20. |
| Conklin/Snedeker/Springstead Burial Ground Formerly
on Fred Jones Farm
New City, NY 10956
12 graves (1837-1887) |
Abandoned (dis-interred) (On the farm of Frank Jones, on
the Long Clove Road)
re-interred to Oak Hill Cemetery |
2; 5, V9. |
| Davy/Goetschius/Nash/ Rothhaubt Burial
Ground
formerly 647 South Mountain Road
Centenary (New City), NY
4 graves |
Abandoned (dis-interred) re-interred Brick Church Cemetery |
2, 5. |
| Deming Castle 591 South Mountain Road
New City, NY 10956
2 graves |
Abandoned |
2. |
| Dutcher Burial Plot 115-137 South Mountain
Road
New City, NY 10956
5 graves (1849-1854) |
Private property, owned by: Dale Robertson
137 South Mountain Road
New City, NY 10956 |
2. |
| Garrison/Kendall/Youman Burial Ground Congers
Road, New City, NY
north of Town Office Building
16 graves (1825-1921)
75 x 75 ft. |
Abandoned Town of Clarkstown |
2; 7, V3; 20. |
| Germonds Presbyterian Church Cemetery Adjacent
to Germond’s Presbyterian Church
39 W. Germonds Road (formerly Church Street)
New City, NY 10956
ca. 1200 graves (1860-present)
300 x 1800 ft.
Search |
Superintendent 2 Steephill Rd.
Nanuet, NY 10954
845-623-3779
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1; 7, V3, p1-18; 20. |
| Jersey/Stevens/Helms Burial Ground 184 N.
Little Tor Road
New City, NY
15 graves (1821-1879) |
Private (on property of Dr. Bert Feldman), in fields, ca.
0.5 mi NW of New City |
2; 4 V6, p130. |
| Jones/Green Burial Ground 8 Parkway Drive
New City, NY 10956
33 graves (1796-1888) |
Abandoned (Private) |
2. |
| Knapp Burial Plot 1 High Tor Road
Centenary (New City), NY
12 graves |
Abandoned (Private) Adjacent to Van Orden Burial Ground. |
2; 5, V7, P265. |
| Knapp/Nash Burial Plot 12 graves
(1829-1894) |
Lost, location unknown |
2. |
| Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery South Little
Tor Road
New City, NY
opposite Collyer Avenue
next to Park Evangelical Church
329 graves (1723-1987)
200 x 200 ft.
Search |
Active. Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery Association.
Same as Martine in Budke (?) |
2; 4, V2; 20; 21. |
| New City Burial Ground next to
Wood/Blauvelt Stevens
Congers Road
New City, NY
47 graves (1733-1863) |
Cemetery removed, 1966. Location of re-interments unknown |
2. |
| Old Cemetery at New City Opposite Town
Hall
Congers Road
New City, NY
76 graves listed |
May be same as above. |
5, V8; 7, V3; 8. |
| Old Wood Burying Ground New City, NY |
Abandoned |
2. |
| Onderdonck Graves Off New Hempstead Road
East of 1 Lyndhaven Drive
New City, NY 10956
2 graves (1837-1849)
10 x 10 ft. |
Private Property, owned by: Jeffrey M. Plain
1 Lyndhaven Dr
New City, NY 10956 |
2; 4, V6, p124; 20. |
| Summit Park Cemetery New Hempstead Rd.
just east of Pennington Way
Spring Valley, NY
87 of 863 graves listed.
200 x 200 ft. |
Active. Summit Park Cemetery, Inc. |
1; 5, V7, p. 207; 20. |
| Trumper /Van Orden Off Old Rt 304 (Short
Clove Rd)
Centenary, (New City) NY
23 graves (1847-1918)
125 x 75 ft. |
Abandoned, N side of road near Stagg’s Corner, in
Clarkstown. |
4, V6, p107; 20. |
| Van Houten Family Burial Plot East of # 87
Ridge Road
New City, NY 10956
10 graves (1844-1907) |
Van Houten Family (Private) |
2; 4, V6, p105. |
| Van Houten/Howard Burial Ground 74 Ridge
Road
New City, NY 10956
6 graves (1841-1890) |
Private Property, owned (1976) by: Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Partridge
74 Ridge Road
New City, NY 10956 |
2; 4, V6, p104. |
| Van Orden Burial Ground 1 High Tor Road
Centenary (New City), NY
near former Centenary M.E. Church
2 graves (1833-1908)
28 graves listed |
Abandoned (Private), about 500 ft north of the Road. |
2; 5, V9. |
| William’s Grave Rear of 3 Muller
Court
New City, NY 10956
1 grave (1902) |
Sisters of St Augustine’s Catholic Church |
2. |
| Wood/Blauvelt/Stevens BG north side,
Congers Road
New City, NY
opposite Town Office Building
29 graves |
Inactive |
2. |
| Yeomans/Townsend/ Hermf Burial Ground
121 Ridge Road
1500 feet west of Rt 304
New City, NY
8 graves (1863-1908)
15 x 25 ft. |
William and Julia Berkery 121 Ridge Road
New City, NY 10956 |
2; 4, V6, p106; 20. |
| Youmans Graves Rear of former Centenary ME
Church
2 graves (1832-1854) |
Centenary ME Church |
2. |
| Small Graveyard Clarkstown |
N side of South Mountain Road, , near Stagg’s Corner. |
4, V6, p106. |
| ROCKLAND LAKE |
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| Gethsemane Cemetery North of Rockland Lake
State Park, off loop road
Rockland Lake, NY
168 graves (1905-present)
500 x 500 ft.
Search |
St Paul’s Church 82 Lake Road West
Congers, NY
845-268-4464 |
2; 20. |
| Perry/Trumper Burial Ground Possibly under
Rt 9W
Rockland Lake, NY
15 graves (1829-1914)
Search |
Lost, exact location unknown. On W side of road from S end
of Rockland Lake to Valley Cottage, short distance from shore, in sight of lake. |
2; 5, V9. |
| Wells Family Burial Ground Off Lake Road,
Rockland State Park
North of Knickerbocker Fire House
Rockland Lake, NY
21 graves (1831-1874)
Search |
Abandoned, Palisades Interstate Park Commission |
2; 5, V9. |
| UPPER NYACK |
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| M. Cornelison property Nyack area, near
Upper Nyack Cemetery |
Records lost. Black cemetery |
2. |
| Old Upper Nyack Cemetery Old Mountain Road
Upper Nyack
about 300 ft west of Broadway
66 graves (1731 - 1862)
125 x 125 ft.
Search |
Abandoned, on old dirt road off Broadway. Also known as Old
Mountain Road Cemetery. |
2; 7, V2, p. 1-2; 21. |
| Burial Ground Upper Nyack, NY |
|
4, V6, p115. |
| VALLEY COTTAGE |
|
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| Johnson Burial Ground Off Mountain View
Avenue
South of Christian Herald Road
100 ft south of water tower
Valley Cottage, NY
14 graves (1813-1899)
Search |
Abandoned (Owner Unknown) |
2; 5, V9. |
| Barmore Family Burial Ground Location has
been lost, probably off Lake Road
On former Barmore Farm
Valley Cottage, NY
4 graves (1838-1855)
15 x 15 ft.
Search |
Lost On road leading from S end of Rockland Lake to Valley
Cottage, E of road, Reed Property. |
2; 4, V9; 20. |
| Lake Avenue Chapel Off Lake Road
Valley Cottage, NY
just east of Rt 303 intersection
opposite Elim Gospel Church
5 graves (1854-1879)
Search |
Abandoned (Private) |
2. |
| Snyder Cemetery West Side of Kings Highway
Valley Cottage, NY
Semi-active
143 graves (1773-1976)
150 x 150 ft.
Search |
Snyder Cemetery Association |
2; 4, V6, p120; 20. |
| WEST NYACK |
|
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| Clarkstown Reformed Church Cemetery Adj to
site of original church
East side of Germonds Road, just S of Bardonia Road, N of Huested Lane
275 graves (from 1705)
100 x 350 ft.
Search |
In limited current use Clarkstown Reformed Church Office
107 Strawtown Rd.
W. Nyack, NY 10994
845-358-4320
Also called Germonds Road Cemetery, First Reformed Protestant Dutch Chuech of New
Hempstead Churchyard. |
1; 2; 4, V2; 21. |
| Clarkstown Reformed Church Death Records |
see Budke Collection |
5, V9. |
| Mount Moor Cemetery North of Rt 59
West Nyack, NY
In Parking lot of Palisades Center Mall
Active, Black Cemetery
82 graves (1848-1986)
200 x 150 ft.
Search |
Mount Moor Cemetery Association, Inc. (since 1940) 1
Milford La.
Suffern, NY 10901 |
1; 2; 4, V6, p131; 20; 21. |
| Nyack Rural Cemetery North Side, Rt 59
West Nyack, NY
268 graves (1837-1977)
2600 x 300 ft.
Search |
Nyack Rural Cemetery, Inc. 146 Blauvelt Rd.
Nanuet, NY 10954 |
1; 2; 7, V2, p7-9; 20. |
| Nyack Rural Cemetery North side, Rt 59,
East of Lumber Co
West Nyack, NY
67 graves
Search |
Nyack Rural Cemetery, Inc. 146 Blauvelt Rd.
Nanuet, NY 10954 |
2; 7, V7, p5-6; 20. |
| GARNERVILLE |
|
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| Small Burial Plot Garnerville |
In a field, opposite School #3. |
4, V6, p124. |
| Public Cemetery Garnerville, NY
72 graves (1825-1853)*
100 x 150 ft. |
Public, Abandoned (Garnerville, near W. Haverstraw RR
Station). |
19. |
| Small Graveyard Garnerville, NY |
E end of the printworks, site of 1790 Presbyterian Church. |
4, V6, p109. |
| Calico Hill Cemetery E of Printworks
Garnerville
150 x 10 ft. |
Abandoned. |
20. |
| Felter and Gurnee Plots Garnerville, NY
11 graves (1817-1879)*
10 x 5 ft |
Private |
19. |
| Brewster and Burns Graves 69 North Main
Garnerville, NY
4 graves (1794-1798)
50 x 50 mft |
Private |
19. |
| HAVERSTRAW |
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| Graveyard in Field |
South side of the road forming the division line between
Haverstraw and Stony Point, ca. 0.5 mi N of Thiells Station. |
4, V6, p92. |
| Baum Family Plot off Route 202, SE of St.
Peter’s
Haverstraw
0.5 acre |
Active, 1967. oldest known Jewish cemetery in Rockland Co. |
20. H31. |
| Benson Burial Plot In woods, of Rt 202,
near Industrial Plant.
10 x 10 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
20. |
| Congregation Sons of Jacob Rt 202
Adj to Mt Repose
Haverstraw, NY
1 acre |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Felter Family Burial Plot Haverstraw Twp |
N side of the road, top of the second hill, W of the
intersection of the road from Haverstraw to Mt Ivy and the road passing School #3, at
Garnerville. |
4, V6, p99. |
| Single Grave |
Former burial ground on the N side of road from Haverstraw to
Mt Ivy, a short distance W of the intersection above. |
4, V6, p10. |
| St. Peter's Cemetery Rt. 9W
Haverstraw, NY 10927
Adjacent to Mt. Repose
12 acres |
Active St. Peter’s Church
845-429-4811 |
1,3; 20. |
| 3 graves Haverstraw Twp |
In a field, W side of road from Haverstraw to Mt Ivy, 0.5 mi
E of Gurnee’s Corner. |
4, V6, p100. |
| 4 graves Haverstraw Twp. |
In a field, W of the road along the mountain, 1 mi W of
Thiells Station. |
4, V6, p100. |
| Family Burial Plot |
W of road from Stony Point to Haverstraw, at top of hill,
where road rises for crossing ravine of Cedar Pond Brook, south of the ravine. |
4, V6, p135. |
| Mount Repose Cemetery Rts 202 and 9W
Haverstraw, NY
1780-present
45 graves listed in Budke
40 acres (1852 - ) |
Over 20,000 burials Rtes. 202 & 9W
Haverstraw, NY 10927
845-429-8383 |
1; 4, V9; 7, V5, p1-82; 20; 21. |
| Old DeNoyelles Burial Ground Haverstraw |
Formerly on the Riverbank at Haverstraw. Demolished. |
4, V6, p97. |
| THIELLS |
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| Abandoned Cemetery Call Hollow Road near
Dan Conklin place
20 x 20 ft. |
Abanoned |
20. |
| Barnes Family Burial Plot In field, 0.75
mi N of Thiells Corners, SE side of Road
Thiells Corners
20 graves (1826-1888)*
35 x 35 ft |
Private, Abandoned. 0.75 mi N of Thiells Corners, on a turn
of the highway, S and E of the road. |
4, V6, p141; 19; 20. |
| Barnes & Thiells Family Burial Ground 300
ft NE of Filor’s Lane
40 ft W of road
Thiells
40 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Surrounded by high cedar trees.
(same as above ?) |
20. |
| Family Burial Ground Thiells, NY |
In a field, W side of road from Stony Point to Thiells, ca. 1
mi N of Thiells. |
4, V6, p143. |
| Burial Plot |
In a field, a few hundred ft E of the road running from
Thiells Corners and about 0.25 mi N of the corner. |
4, V6, p144. |
| Burial Ground |
Abandoned, Thiells, NY, on hillside, a few hundred ft NW of
the Mill and on the N side of the road leading up the hill. |
4, v6, p145. |
| Letchworth Valley Group 6 graves
(1916-1917)*
30 x 30 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Letchworth Village Cemetery 1800 ft NW of
Call Hollow and Haverstraw Town Roads
Willow Grove
100 x 800 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Phillips and Knapp S side Hammond Rd, 0.5
mi N of Thiells Post Office, Letchworth Village
Thiells, NY
35 Graves (1835-1879)*
100 x 25 ft |
Public Cemetery, Abandoned |
19. |
| Phillips Burial Grounds 1500 ft. N Stony
Point Town and Hammond Roads
Thiells
60 graves (1828-1905)
125 x 100 ft. |
Public, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Rall Burial Plot 200 ft. from Infirmary
Letchworth Village
4 graves (1820-1831)*
20 x 20 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. No stones. |
19; 20. |
| Mary E. Secor Grave Letchworth Village
Thiells, NY
3 graves (1851)*
25 x 25 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Thiells and McKensie Thiells, NY
4 graves (1828-1844)
10 x 10 ft |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Thiells, Jones, Knapp and Dater Graves Thiells,
NY
4 (or 19) graves (1828-1838)
20 x 20 ft |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Jones & Knapp Field E of Hammond Rd,
N Rockland School Dist Prop
25 x 25 ft. |
Abandoned (same as above ?) |
20. |
| WILLOW GROVE |
|
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| Babcock Grave 1 grave (1853)
8 x 4 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| BLAUVELT |
|
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| Blauvelt/Tallman Graves Blauvelt, NY
6 graves listed
8 graves (1797-1837)*
32 x 51 ft. |
E of and near the tracks of the West Shore RR, about 0.5 mi N
of Blauvelt Station, W of Rt 303. |
5, V9; 19; 20. |
| Greenbush Presbyterian Churchyard Western
Highway
Blauvelt, NY
111 graves listed
250 x 250 ft. |
Active, 1967. also called Blauvelt Cemetery |
5, V7, p194; 7, V4, p 24-30; 20. |
| Jewish Cemetery Van Wyck Road
Blauvelt, NY |
Active Adj to St. Catherine’s Cemetery
(see below) |
23. |
| St. Catherine’s Cemetery Van Wyck Ave
at Blauvelt Road
(Orangeville) Blauvelt
400 x 500 ft. |
Active |
20. |
| St. Dominic’s Convent Cemetery Western
Highway
Blauvelt, NY
200 x 300 ft. |
Active, 1967 Burial ground for nuns at convent, and
possibly orphans. |
20; 23. |
| NYACK |
|
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| Oak Hill Cemetery West side, Rt 9W
Nyack, NY
1840-present (> 2000 graves)
Includes: 66 Ancient Graves from Presbyterian Cemetery near Nyack Baptist Church and
from Cornelison’s Point.
200 acres
Search |
Active 140 N. Highland Ave.
Nyack, NY 10960
845-358-0012 |
1;2; 5 V7, p. 260; 5, V8, V9; 20. |
| Oak Hill Ancient Plots (see above, in NW
corner)
71 gravestones (1804-1906)
100 x 30 ft.
|
Removals from Nyack Baptist grounds |
21. |
| Presbyterian Cemetery Nyack, NY
ca. 50 burials to 1850 |
Removed to Oak Hill, 1869 |
2; 11; 17. |
| ORANGEBURG |
|
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| Gesner and Conklin Family Burial Ground Orangeburg |
|
4, V6, p74. |
| Orangeburg-Clausland Opposite Volkswagen
Plant
Old Western Hwy and Mountain View Road, opp. Mountain View Hotel
Orangeburg, NY
216 rec. graves (1755-1926)*
220 x 590 ft. |
Public, Abandoned. |
7, V4, p20-23; 19; 20; 21. |
| Rockland State Hospital Orangeburg, NY
5 acres |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| St. Agnes Convent Cemetery Kings Highway
4 acres |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| PALISADES |
|
|
| Palisades Cemetery Palisades, NY
4 acres |
Active. Once known as Lawrence Cemetery, rear of former
George Brown house. Begun in 1774 and enlarged several times. 1964, purchased by Adolfo F.
Lucas, of Brooklyn. Maintained by P.L.O.T. (Palisades Lot Owners Tribute Care Fund) |
4. (BC38), V2; 20; 24. |
| PEARL RIVER |
|
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| Blauvelt Cemetery E side of South
Middletown Road, S side of Gilbert Avenue,
Pearl River, NY. |
Private, Disappeared. Replaced by house. |
6. |
| Bogert Burial Plot Middletown Road
(between two shopping centers), head of E Washinton Avenue
10 graves (1805 - 1907)
20 x 30 ft. |
Private, Abandoned Owned by Town of Orangetown
Bogert Family, lived across street. |
4, V6, p125; 7, V4, p 46; 19; 20. |
| Middletown Burying Ground Old Middletown
Road
E of Medical Arts Building
Pearl River, NY
ca. 56 graves (1799-1853)+ 13 moved to Pearl River Cem
200 x 60 ft. |
Private, Abandoned Owned by Town of Orangetown.
1797, opened by Middletown Baptist Church. |
4, V2; 6; 19; 21. |
| Nauraushaun Burying Ground Bank of
Hackensack River
2 mi S of Van Houten Mills
Sickel Road
Pearl River, NY.
3 recorded graves (ca. 1791) |
Private, totally disappeared, covered by Lake Tappan
Reservoir. Re-Interred in Orangeburg Clausland Cemetery. |
4; 7, V4, p 31-36; 19. |
| Old Sonssont Cemetery Middletown Road
Pearl River, NY |
Formerly family cemetery. |
7, V4, p45. |
| Pearl River Cemetery (formerly Rockland Cemetery) John
St, S of Franklin Ave.
Pearl River, NY
sev hundred graves (1771-present).
200 x 300 ft. |
Only active cemetery in Pearl River, in 1972. West of John
Street, behind Franklin Avenue School. 1853, founded by Middletown Baptist Church, to
replace the full cemetery next to the church. Sold by church and privately owned. 1973,
planned to be turned over to Pearl River Cemetery Association (founded 1948)
Called Rockland Cemetery during 19th Century, re-named, 1880. |
1; 4, V2; 7, V4, p37-44; 20. |
| Temple Israel Memorial Park Adj. St.
Catherine’s
Van Wyck Road at Blauvelt Road (Orangeville) Pearl River
600 x 350 ft. |
Active |
20. |
| Quackenbush Burial Vault N of Crooked Hill
Road, W. of North Highland Avenue, on a hillside, in stone wall. |
Site still exists, on former Quackenbush farm, privately
owned. All remains removed in 1950’s and lost. Vault Sealed. |
6. |
| Van Houten-Sickeltown Cemetery Between
Sickeltown Road and Hackensack River
(0.25 mi N of Van Houten Corners)
(Blauvelt) Pearl River, NY
ca. 164 graves (1756 - 1939)*
120 x 130 ft. |
Private, Abandoned, owned by Town of Orangetown.
Also called Sickeltown Cemetery |
4, V2; 6; 19; 20; 21. |
| Family Graveyard |
On the bank of the Hackensack River, ca. 0.5 mi south of
bridge; formerly known as Van Houten’s Mills |
4, V6, p75. |
| Slave Burying Ground Woods, S of Gilbert
Avenue, near Uris, Blue Hills Building.
Pearl River, NY |
Disappeared. |
6. |
| PIERMONT |
|
|
| Rockland Cemetery Piermont, NY
121 graves listed |
|
4, V7, p.212. CHECK |
| Baptist Churchyard Cemetery Piermont, NY |
Site is presently Piermont Village Hall. The small cemetery
was in it’s rear. Tombstones used by local residents for walks and patios. |
22. |
| SOUTH NYACK |
|
|
| John Gesner Farm burials in 1810
South Nyack |
Location unknown |
2. |
| SPARKILL |
|
|
| Rockland Cemetery Mount Nebo, off Kings
Hwy.
Sparkill, NY 10976
1847-present
150 acres |
Kings Hwy. Sparkill, NY 10976
845-359-0172 |
1, 7, V2, p 14-44; 18; 20; 21. |
| TAPPAN |
|
|
| Tappan Reformed Church Cemetery Adjacent
to church
Old Tappan Road at Greenbush Rd
Tappan, NY
93 graves (1757-1899, (old))*
110 x 350 ft. (old)
437 graves (new)
325 x 900 ft. |
Active 32 Old Tappan Rd.
Tappan, NY 10983
845-359-1694 |
1; 7, p. 1-4 (old), p. 5-38 (new); 19 (old); 4, V2. |
| Masonic Burial Ground Cemetery Road, off
Western Highway
Tappan, NY
200 x 200 ft. |
Active, 1967.
North of Tappan DRC. |
20; 23. |
| Old Tappan Cemetery Tappan, NY
390 graves (1760-1890)*
150 x 150 ft. |
Public, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Andre Monument Tappan, NY
former grave of Maj Andre, 1780. |
|
19. |
| AIRMONT |
|
|
| Airmont Lutheran Cemetery Airmont, NY
5 acres |
Active 3 Church Road
Suffern, NY 10901
845-357-3344 |
3; 20. |
| CAMP HILL |
|
|
| Unknown Burial Plots Camp Hill, NY
20 x 20 ft |
Abandoned, Private. No readable stones. |
19. |
| Abrams Burial Plot E side, Quaker Road,
0.5 mi N of Camp Hill Road
Camp Hill, NY
6 graves (1857-1880)*
25 x 30 ft |
Private E side of road, short distance S of Quaker Meeting
House on Camp Hill |
4, V6, p124, 19; 20. |
| Bishop Family Burial Plot Camp Hill Rd,
0.5 mi N of Rt 202
Camp Hill
50 x 50 ft. |
1 mi W of Mt Ivy RR Station |
4, V6, p103; 20. |
| Thomas Babcock Burial Ground Camp Hill
15 graves (field stones)
50 x 20 ft |
Private Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| (Jackie) Jones Family BG Jerome L.
Hastings Farm
Camp Hill, NY
3 graves listed, 6 field stones
50 x 20 ft. |
Private, Abandoned |
4, V9; 19; 20. |
| J. Jones Family Burial Ground Camp Hill
Rd, 0.25 mi S of Rt 202, on Hastings Place
Camp Hill
25 x 25 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. (probably same as above ?) |
20. |
| Quaker Church Burial Grounds Quaker Road,
rear of former church
20 graves (1833-40)*
40 x 40 ft. |
Public, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Seemans Farm Camp Hill Road
Camp Hill
6 field stones
30 x 30 ft. |
Poor Cemetery, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| CHESTNUT RIDGE |
|
|
| Colored Cemetery 2000 ft. W of Rt 45 on
Hungary Hollow Road
Chestnut Ridge (former S Spring Valley)
50 x 100 ft. |
Abandoned |
20. |
| HEMPSTEAD |
|
|
| Maple Grove Cemetery Viola Rd at Golden
Rd.
East of the high school
Hempstead, NY |
? |
1. |
| HILLBURN |
|
|
| Colored Cemetery near 6th
Street (intersection of Rt 59 and Rt 17)
Hillburn, NY
10 graves (< 1905 - 1926)
35 x 35 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 1967- Property of Mountain Spring Co |
20; 21. |
| LADENTOWN |
|
|
| Allison & Secor Burial Ground Ladentown,
NY
10 graves (1846-1918)*
40 x 40 ft |
Private, Abandoned |
19; 20. |
| Laden Burial Ground Ladentown, NY |
In a field, a short distance W of Ladentown. |
4, V6, p98. |
| Ladentown Cemetery Ramapo Twp.
225 x 75 ft. |
Active, 1967. On the road westward from the village, a
short distance W of the Main Road. On a dirt road. |
4, V6, p101; 7; V2, p3-4; 20. |
| Family Burial Ground Ladentown, NY |
0.5 mi NE of Ladentown. |
4, V6, p114. |
| Seaman Burial Ground Ladentown
20 graves (1833-1879)*
25 x 25 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Ike Secor Lime Hollow Trail
Ladentown
35 graves (no markings)
50 x 50 ft. |
Poor Cemetery, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| MONSEY |
|
|
| Ascension Cemetery Monsey, NY
1960-present |
650 Saddle River Rd.
Monsey, NY 10952845-352-7220 |
1. |
| Monsey Cemetery Upper Saddle River Road
and Maple Avenue
300 x 200 ft.
180 graves |
Active, 1967. |
4, V2; 20. |
| MONTEBELLO |
|
|
| Viola Rd. Cemetery Montebello, NY |
? |
1. |
| MOUNT IVY |
|
|
| 3 Graves in Field Mount Ivy, NY
3 graves (1813-1835)
10 x 10 ft |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Coe and Gurnee Burial Plots In woodland,
0.5 mi N of English Church, near Old Schoolhouse Road and Rt 45.
Mount Ivy, NY
25 graves (1765-1912)*
75 x 75 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. A few hundred ft west of RR station |
4, V6, p72; 19; 20; 21. |
| Gurnee Family Plot Rt 45, 1 mi S Conklin
Fruit Stand
Mount Ivy
2 graves |
Private, Abandoned. |
20. |
| Gurnee Burial Ground South Mountain Road
Mount Ivy
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Former Mobry-Clarke Property |
20. |
| Sutter Farm 700 ft N of Camp Hill Road
Mount Ivy, NY
Single Grave (1859)
10 x 20 ft |
Location unknown Private, Abandoned.
Grave of John Sutter. |
5, V9; 19; 20. |
| NEW HEMPSTEAD |
|
|
| Coe Family Plot New Hempstead, NY |
In field, 0.5 mi north of the English Church, Ramapo Twp.. |
4, V6, p62. |
| Community Synagogue Cemetery Cloverdale
Lane
New Hempstead, NY
52 burials, 1978-90 |
|
26. |
| POMONA |
|
|
| Conklin Burial Plot E side, Rt 45
Gordon Conklin Place
Pomona, NY
25 x 25 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
4, V6, p108; 20. |
| Old Burial Ground Five Points Mission Farm
Pomona, NY
75 x 25 ft. |
NE corner of Mission Farm, Presently a golf course. |
4, V6, p129; 20. |
| RAMAPO |
|
|
| Ramapo Cemetery Ramapo, NY
0.5 acre |
Next to Ramapo Presbyterian Church, on the state road (Rt
17). |
1, 7, V3, p34-44; 14; 20. |
| Ancient Burial Ground Ramapo Twp. |
Opposite Sterlington RR Station, on a high bank, S of the
road, a few hundred ft S of the station, toward Ramapo. |
4, V6, p136. |
| Cemetery at Ramapo 152 graves listed. |
|
4, V9. |
| SLOATSBURG |
|
|
| Sloatsburg Cemetery Sloatsburg
3000 x 1500 ft. |
Active |
20. |
| Sloatsburg ME Church Cemetery Rear of
Church
Sloatsburg
2 graves |
Abandoned |
20. |
| SHERWOODVILLE |
|
|
| Wesley Chapel Churchyard 500 ft. W Rt 202
and 22.
Sherwoodville
Ramapo, NY
111 graves listed
100 x 200 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
4, V7, p.201; 7, v2, p 10-14; 10; 20. |
| SPRING VALLEY |
|
|
| Scotland Hill Burial Ground Off South
Pascack Valley Road
South of Birchwood Avenue
Spring Valley/Clarkstown
12 graves (1749-1839)
100 x 100 ft. |
Abandoned, On the former farm of Albert Hopper. 1 mile west
of Nanuet. |
2; 4, V6, p. 65; 20. |
| Brick Church Cemetery or Reformed
Church of W. Hempstead Cemetery
221 Brick Church Rd at Rt 306.
(Viola Rd and Spring Valley Rd)
Spring Valley, NY
643 graves listed
2.5 acres (old) (1774 - )
30 acres (new) |
Active 220 Brick Church Rd.
Spring Valley, NY 10977
845-354-6785 |
1; 2; 5, V7, p150; 20; 21. |
| Congregation Sons of Isreal of Spring Valley Brick
Church Road
East of Rt 306, adj to Brick Church Cemetery
Spring Valley, NY
0.5 acre
735 burials, 1907-90 |
Active, 1967. |
20, 26. |
| Congregation Sons of Isreal of Suffern Montebello
Road
Adj to above.
300 x 200 ft.
193 burials, 1927-91 |
Active, 1967. |
20, 26. |
| Chevra Kadisha Brick Church Road
31 burials, 1969-90 |
|
26. |
| De Ronde Burial Ground Spring Valley, NY
75 x 200 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 1 mi N of Spring Valley on road to
English Church (Rt 45).
1967 - property of Dr. Henry Kaplan and Jerome Brown. |
4, V6, p76; 20. |
| Gates of Zion Brick Church Road
Ramapo, NY
110 burials, 1978-91 |
|
26. |
| Jewish Community Center Cemetery Adj to
Brick Church Cemetery
Spring Valley
200 x 200 acre
489 burials, 1920-90 |
Active 1967. |
20., 26 |
| Jewish Memorials of Rockland |
15 State St. Spring Valley, NY 10977 |
1. |
| Knights of Pythias Brick Church Road
Ramapo, NY
56 burials, 1970-90 |
|
26. |
| Russian Orthodox Cemetery (Novo Diveevo)
Smith Road at Convent Road
Spring Valley, NY
5000 graves (1950-present) |
Active |
3. |
| Small Family Plot Spring Valley, NY |
In the Salvation Army Park, ca. 1 mi S of Spring Valley,
Lakeside School grounds |
4, V6, p126. |
| Salvation Army Farm Cemetery next to
Lakeside School
Route 45
Spring Valley, NY
7 graves (1830 - 1923)
20 x 20 ft. |
near Scotland Road |
21. |
| Tallman Family Burial Ground Lakeside
School property
Rt 45, Spring Valley
25 x 25 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Workmen’s Circle Cemetery Adj to
Brick Church Cemetery
Brick Church Road
Spring Valley, NY
200 x 300 ft.
174 burials, 1929-90 |
Active, 1967. |
20, 26. |
| Outside Workmans’s Circle Brick
Church Road
80 burials, 1904-91 |
|
26. |
| SUFFERN |
|
|
| Sherwood Family Burial Ground Suffern, NY
0.25 acre |
Private, Abandoned. On a sandy knoll, beside Mahwah Creek,
2 mi N of Suffern, E of Valley Road and a little S of road leading to Viola. |
4, V6, p132; 20. |
| TALLMAN |
|
|
| Small Cemetery Tallman, NY |
S side of Nyack, Turnpike (RT 59). |
4, V6, p127. |
| Tallman Cemetery Main highway to Suffern
Tallman, NY |
Opposite Church |
7, V3, p18-21. |
| Evergreen Cemetery Rt 59, opp. Tallman
Bible Church
700 x 2000 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| VIOLA |
|
|
| Cedars of Lebanon Cemetery Viola Road
500 ft. W of Methodist Church
120 x 300 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Churchyard of the Baptist Church Viola
Road
W of Morgan’s Corner
Viola, NY
200 x 350 ft. |
Active, 1967. 1 mi W of Viola |
4, V6, p90; 20. |
| Cemetery at Masonicus Airmont Road
Viola, Ramapo Twp, NY |
A short distance W of the Lutheran Church |
4, V6, p83. |
| Rockland County Cemetery/Veteran’s Cemetery Rockland
County Community College grounds
Viola Road
Viola, NY
2 acres |
Active |
1; 20. |
| Viola Cemetery |
S side of road, short distance W of Viola |
4, V6, p95. |
| County Welfare Cemetery Potters Field
Rockland Community College Grounds, adj to Veteran’s Cemetery.
Viola, NY
75 x 400 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| GRASSY POINT |
|
|
| Waldron Cemetery Grassy Point
100 graves (1804-1872)*
150 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Entrance on S side of East Main Street, W
of RR overpass. Near Penny Bridge. One of oldest in Stony Point Twp. (Contains Brewsters.) |
4, V6, p66; 5; 19; 20; 21. |
| STONY POINT |
|
|
| Abandoned Cemetery Stony Point Park
Stony Point, NY
6 graves (1811-1815)*
10 x 12 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Abandoned Cemetery 350 ft. SE of Beaver
Pond Dam
5 graves (field stones)
10 x 20 ft. |
Poor Cemetery, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Babcock, Odell, Baisley Graves E of Gate
Hill Cemetery
Gate Hill Road
0.25 acre |
Private, Abandoned. (Adjacent to Jones Cemetery, below) |
19; 20. |
| Blanchard Burial Ground Rt 210
Stony Point Dr and Pine Meadow Rd
Gate Hill, NY
9 graves (1845-1875)*
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. (near Dikens Burial Plot) |
19; 20. |
| Burn & Thiell Family Burial Ground at
Marian Shrine
Stony Point, NY
30 graves (1812-1895)*
40 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 300 ft. NE of Filors Lake & 40 ft.
West of road. |
19. |
| Old Bulson Cemetery Bulsontown Road
Stony Point, NY
40 graves (1812-1904)*
75 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 75 ft E of Mary Lent house. |
19; 20. |
| Cedar Hill Cemetery Crickettown Road
Stony Point
50 x 50 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Crickett Town Road Cemetery 0.25 mi N of
Rt 202
Stony Point, NY
20 graves (1821-1880)*
30 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 0.25 mi W of Presbyterian Church |
19; 20. |
| Dikens Burial Plot Rt 210, 800 ft. SW
intersection Stony Point Rd, S of Gate Hill.
Stony Point, NY
1 grave (1829), 8 x 4 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. 400 ft SW of Lent Home (1936). |
19; 20. |
| Casselee-Hoyt Cemetery Rt 9W, 1 mi N of
former Tomkins Cove School
100 x 100 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| James & DeCamp Burial Ground Crickettown
Road
Stony Point, NY
13 graves (1850-1861)*
50 x 75 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Job DeCamp Graves Adler Place, 2 mi N of
Thiells
Stony Point, NY
4 graves, plus vault
25 x 25 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Fehsal Property. |
19; 20. |
| Call Family Burial Ground near Willow
Grove Schoolhouse
E of Willow Grove Rd.
Stony Point, NY.
12 graves listed (1840-1852)*
30 x 40 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Babcocks, Calls |
5, V9; 19; 20. |
| Gate Hill Cemetery 1 mi. W of former
Willow Grove School
50 x 50 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Jones, Allison Graves W side of road from
Stony Point to Thiells, 1 mi N of Thiells
Stony Point, NY
11 graves (1834-1867)*
75 x 100 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. Evergard Property. |
19; 20. |
| Jones Cemetery Stony Point, NY
40 graves (1847-1854)
0.5 acres |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Lowland Hill, near Hillview Restaurant Stony
Point, NY
17 graves (1804-1851)*
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Stony
Point, NY
158 graves listed |
|
5, V7, p187. |
| Mount Rest Rt 210, W of 9W
Adj to Methodist Church
Stony Point, NY
500 x 500 ft. |
Active, 1967 AKA Creek Church
AKA Hoyt Burial Ground |
1; 20. |
| Rose Family Cemetery 100 ft to rear of
Paul Rose House
Wayne Avenue
Stony Point
50 x 50 ft. |
Active, 1967 |
20. |
| Rose Burial Ground 600 ft W of Robert M.
Weyant home
Stony Point
40 x 40 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20 |
| John Thompson Burial Ground Washburn Lane
Stony Point
3 graves (1850-1853)*
15 x 15 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Waldron Family Burial Plot Stony Point
Village
17 graves (1826-1891)*
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. On Springman Property (1936)
N side of road, running W from Stony Point along Cedar Pond Brook, ca. 1.5 mi W of
Stony Point Village. |
4, V6, p140; 19; 20. |
| Samuel Wiant Burial Ground Washburn Lane
Stony Point, NY
20 graves (unreadable)
40 x 30 ft. |
Poor Cemetery, Abandoned |
19. |
| TOMKINS COVE |
|
|
| Small Burial Ground Tomkins Cove Corners
33 graves (1817-1889)*
1 acre |
Public, Abandoned. 0.75 mi W of Tomkins Cove Corners, the
corners being 0.3 mi S of the M. E. church |
4, V6, p137; 19. |
| Small Burial Ground |
On a hill, short distance W of the road which leaves the main
E-W highway through village of Stony Point, 0.25 mi W of the Presbyterian Church. 0.25 mi
N of road junction. |
4, V6, p137. |
| Old Rose Cemetery W of Franck Rd, next to
Rose Family Cemetery
Tomkins Cove
20 graves, 1 vault
100 x 100 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Mount Olivet NW of Rosstown Rd and Rose
Lent Burial Ground
Tomkins Cove
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19; 20. |
| Rose - Lent Cemetery 500 ft. NW of school
RT 9W
Tomkins Cove
40 x 40 ft. |
Active, 1967. |
20. |
| Tomkins Burial Ground S of ME Church
Tomkins Cove
1 acre |
Private, Abandoned.
Trap Rock Property |
20. |
PALISADES PARK SYSTEM
|
| Palisades Interstate Park (PIP) Includes Rockland County and
Orange County Portions of the Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks. |
| St. John’s in the Wilderness St.
John’s Road
PIP
1 acre |
Active, 1967. Next to old stone church on St. John’s
Road (Old Johnsontown Road), 0.25 mi E of Lake Welch Drive and 0.5 mi S of Rt 106. |
9; 16, p. 49, p. 87; 20. |
| Baileytown Town of Woodbury, Orange Co.
2 graves |
3.5 mi from Long Mountain Circle (Rt 6), South side of
Baileytown Road, 0.5 mi past Upper Twin Lake. |
16, p. 77. |
| Bailey Family Plots Baileytown, NY
7 marrked graves
ca. 14 unmarked graves |
Family cemetery on family farm, Baileytown, S of Rt 6, 4 mi
from Central Valley (Orange Co). |
5, 9, 14; 16, p. 36. |
| Becraft Seven Lakes Drive
PIP
2 graves |
0.2 mi from Harriman Park Sign on Seven Lakes Drive. |
16, p. 77. |
| Blanchard Cemetery (Gate Hill)
Stony Point
10 graves |
North side of Gate Hill Road, near the PIParkway. |
14; 16, p. 78. |
| Charles Blanchard Pine Meadows Road
20 graves (no stones)
50 x 50 ft. |
Private, Abandoned. |
19. |
| Clarksfield, also called Lakeside June
Cemetery
Doodletown, NY
PIP
100 x 100 ft. |
Active, 1967. New family cemetery, begun in 1840, one acre.
S side of a park reservoir, on path from Doodletown Road. |
5; 20. |
| Count Grabouski grave |
|
16, p. 79. |
| Doodletown # 1 June Cemetery
Doodletown, PIP
2 graves |
SE corner of former park nursery, Lemmon Road. |
15; 16. p. 80. |
| Doodletown # 2 June/Lakeside Cemetery
Doodletown, NY
27 marked graves |
Near Lemmon Road, on land of Ethiel June. May have vanished. Includes
June family graves, and about 150 unmarked graves (1982) |
5: 9; 16, p. 37. |
| Doodletown # 3 Herbert Cemetery
Doodletown |
Active, 1967. large number of graves |
15; 16, p. 39; 20. |
| Doodletown, NY PIP
65 recorded graves |
Major Herbert and Johnson families. |
9 . |
| Lake Welch # 1, Odell PIP
8 marked graves
ca. 50 field stone, or unmarked. |
Active, 1967. Odell Family, near entrance to Lake Welch,
off Rt 210, at end of parking lot # 1. |
9; 16, p. 45, p. 84; 20. |
| Lake Welch # 2 Rose grave
1 grave |
near Lake Welch boat launch. |
16, p. 17. |
| Lake Welch # 3 Beaver Dam Pond
6 graves |
Removed to build Lake Welch, Re-interred, Stony Point
Methodist Church. East end of Lake Welch. |
16, p. 84. |
| Lake Welch # 4 Rockhouse Mountain
Cemetery/ John R. Jones
20 x 20 ft. |
East of rockhouse Mountain, a steep climb from the Beech
trail, outer edge of Sandyfields. |
14; 16, p. 85; 20. |
| Lewis (Silvermine)
Town of Woodbury |
South side of Seven Lakes Drive, overlooking parking lot. All
unmarked graves |
16, p. 19. |
| Pine Meadow # 1 (Ramsey Conklin)
4 graves
50 x 50 ft. |
East side of Pine Meadow, near Ramsey Conklin’s cabin. |
16, p. 85; 20. |
| Pine Meadow # 2 (James H. Conklin)
8 graves
100 x 100 ft. |
South side of Pine Meadow Lake |
16, p. 85; 20. |
| Pine Meadow # 3 (Samuel Conklin) |
Somewhere under Pine Meadow. Lost. |
16, p. 22. |
| Queensboro Traffic Circle PIP
18 marked graves
ca. 100 unmarked |
Incl. Brooks, Weyant. East side of Long Mountain Circle
(Rt 6 and PIP). |
9; 16, p. 46, p. 87. |
| Johnsontown 6 graves
25 x 15 ft |
Active, 1967 (?) Private, Abandoned.
400 ft SW of school |
19; 20. |
| Johnsontown 12 graves (1821-1884)*
100 x 75 ft |
Active, 1967 (?). Public, Abandoned.
500 ft NE of school. |
19; 20. |
| Edward Conklin Burial Ground Kanawaukee Dr
near former ME Church
Johnsontown
8 graves (1885-)*
20 x 20 ft |
Private, Abandoned |
19; 20. |
| Sebago # 1 Beach
Johnsontown |
|
16, p 47. |
| Sebago #2, Entrance Gate Lake Sebago Beach
(Johnsontown Cemetery)
12 marked graves
ca. 150 nmarked |
PIP |
9, 14; 16 , p. 48. |
| Sebago # 3 Johnsontown
3 graves plus unmarked graves
150 x 100 ft. |
near church site (ME), (Old Johnsontown Church) on the road
bank, east side of Seven Lakes Drive. |
16, p. 83; 19. |
| Sebago # 4 |
Parkway Utility area near the filter beds, near Sebago Beach no
marked graves |
16, p. 16. |
| Sebago # 5 Island Hill |
Seven Lakes Drive unmarked graves |
16, p. 16. |
| Sebago # 6 Tim’s Pond |
Inland from Seven Lakes Drive North, slightly beyond Sebago
Beach. unmarked graves |
16, p. 16. |
| Summit Lake Town of Woodbury |
S side of Long Mountain Parkway (Rt 6), 11 mi from a locked
entrance gate at top of hill. 10-12 unmarked graves |
16, p. 27. |
| Waldron Pleasant Valley
1 grave |
Seven Lakes Drive, opp. Sebago Cabin Camp, ca. 50 yards from
Road. . |
16, p. 88. |
| Abram Waldron Burial Ground 20 graves
1864-1897)*
60 x 60 ft. |
Seven Lakes Drive, 500 ft W of entrance to Pine Meadows |
19; 20. |
REGIONS NEIGHBORING ROCKLAND
|
| Conklin-Gesner Burial Ground Above Rt
340,, just S of NY line
Rockleigh, NJ
100 x 100 ft. |
Private, Abandoned Begun in 1788. Includes burials of
Rockland Co families from across the border. |
20; 24. |
| Hillside Cemetery Corp. |
50 Mulberry St.
Middletown, NY 10940 |
1. |
| St. Stephen's Cemetery |
75 Sanfordville Rd.
Warwick, NY 10990 |
1. |
| Fort Montgomery 1 grave (Cole) |
Route 9W, Town of Highlands |
1, p. 82. |
| Old St. Mary’s on-the-hill (Roman
Catholic)
Arden, NY |
On Rt 17, slightly S of entrance to Clove Furnace at Arden. |
14; 16, p. 68. |
Notes:
* death dates on oldest and latest surviving stones.
1. Abandoned is used for cemeteries which are inactive. A cemetery is considered
abandoned if there have been no burials for 20 years. Many are on private property, and
the current owners have no connection to the graves, but own the ground. Other cemeteries
may have family owners, but are inactive, and legal ownership is unknown.
2. The original list was compiled by Laurie Byrd <navy81flash.net>,
August 1998. Sources included the book Cemeteries of the U.S. by Deborah M.
Burek, information from the Historical Society of Rockland County, and the website
"Political Graveyard" at http://potifos.com/tpg/geo/NY/kmindex.html.
Also HV/Net has a small list at http://www.hvnet.com/tour/ro/hist/chruch.htm.
3. Addition information may be obtained from funeral homes in Rockland County. The
Genealogical Society of Rockland County is in the process of copy, recording,
computerizing and sorting both cemetery and funeral home records for eventual paper or
electronic publication. For further information about these projects and available
records, contact:
Les Baisley
Mike Secora
Information on Jewish Funeral records may be available from:
Hellman Memorial Chapels, Inc.
15 State Street
Spring Valley, NY 10977
845-356-8600
Additional information was abstracted from the references below by Robert L. Protzmann.
References:
2. Krell, Peter: So That All May Be Remembered, Vol 1, Clarkstown Bicentennial
Commission, 1989 (out of print).
3. Rockland County Yellow Pages, Bell Atlantic, 1998-99.
4. Budke, George H.: Tomb Stone Inscriptions: Small Cemeteries in Rockland County,
NY and Bergen County, NJ; The Budke Collection, NY, 1916-1920. (manuscript) Vol 2, 6
- 9. [NCL RR 929.5 BUD].
Note: The Budke Collection is a series of manuscripts by George Budke, Rockland County
Historian. The originals are in the Manuscript Collection of the Main Branch of the New
York Public Library. Copies of selected portions are available in the New City Library.
The Tombstone Inscriptions for Rockland County are in sections BC-38, BC-42, BC-43, BC-44
and BC-45.
5. Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie: Footprints in the Ramapos, Life in the Mountains
before the State Parks, Bookmasters, Inc. Ashland, OH, 1993. [NCL 974.728 STE].
6. Knight, Robert: Centennial History of Pearl River New York, Pearl River
Centennial Committee, 1973. [NCL 974.728 KNI].
7. Barber, Gertrude A.: Graveyard Inscriptions of Rockland County, NY, Including
Cemeteries in Tappan, Nyack, Ladentown, Sparkill, Germonds, Wesley Chapel Center, New
City, Ramapo, Nanuet, Congers, Orangeburg, Pearl River, Blauvelt, New York, 1931
(manuscript). [NCL RR 929.5 BAR].
Note: Each Volume contains an alphabetical index.
8. Clark, Alan R.: Tombstone Inscriptions. Cemetery located corner of Congers Road
and Evergreen Road, New City. [NCL RR 929.5 CLA].
9. Helms, Thomas: A Compilation of Cemetery Stone Recordings within the
Harriman-Bear Mountain Interstate Park System. (Vanished towns and the Episcopal Church of
St John’s in the Wilderness). [NCL RR 929.5HEL].
10. Helms, Thomas: Cemetery Stone Records of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.
[NCL RR 929.5 HEL].
11. Johnson, Beatrice Davis: Disinterments, Presbyterian Church, Nyack, NY. (A
listing of burials removed to Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, NY, 1869.)
12. Koestler, Marie S.: M. Montgomery Maze Cemetery Records. (Listings of
grave markers from cemeteries in Pearl River, Blauvelt and Tappan.) Indexed. Includes
Tappan Cemetery; Old Cemetery, Pearl River; Old Sickeltown, Greenbush Road; Old Clarkstown
First Reformed Dutch Church, Germonds Road; Mosestown (Martinus-Hogencamp); Pearl River
Methodist Episcopal; Greenbush Methodist Episcopal; Old Gisner; Pascack Reformed Church,
NJ; Old Perry Cemetery; Haring (Old Tappan, NJ); Old Post Cemetery (Rivervale, NJ); Old
Palisades Cemetery (Old Tappan, NJ); Snyders Burying Ground (Valley Cottage), New City
Cemetery; Johnsontown Cemetery. [NCL RR 929.5 KOE].
13. Loescher, Frederick: List of Active and Abandoned Cemeteries in the County of
Rockland.
14. Stevenot, Marjorie S.: Footprints in the Ramapos,
15. O’Meara, Edward J.: Tombstone Inscriptions in the HERBERT and JUNE
cemeteries in the Palisades Interstate Park, New City, NY 1984. [NCL RR 929.5 OME].
16. Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie: Old Burying Grounds within Harriman and Bear
Mountain State Parks, Bookmasters, Inc., Ashland, OH 44805, 1992. Contains maps
locating individual cemetery and garve sites. [NCL RR 929.5 STE].
17. Johnson, Beatrice Davis: Disinterments, Presbyterian Ground, Nyack, NY,
1869, Typescript, 1974. 50 graves listed. [NCL RR 929.5 JOH].
18. Wales, William: Rockland Cemetery, Illustrated, Anson D. F. Randolph &
Co, New York, NY, 1881. (a history) [NCL RR 929.5 WAL].
19. 1936 WPA RCPB SURVEY. Performed for the Rockland County Planning Board.
[GSRC files]
20. Loescher, Frederick, Rockland Couny Burial Commissioner: List of Active and
Abandoned Cemeteries in the County of Rockland, July 26, 1967. [NCL, GSRC Files].
21. Mellet, Dorothy W.: Gravestone Art in Rockland County, New York, Hudson
Valley Press, Tappan, NY, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 MEL].
22. Private communication, Piermont Village Historian to Sally Dewey.
23. Private communication, Sally Dewey to R. L. Protzmann
24. Haagensen, Alice Munro: Palisades and Snedens Landing, From the Beginning of
History to the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY,
1986.
25. Worden, Jean D.: Revised Master Index to the New York State DAR Genealogical
Records Volumes, Book 1.General Peter Gansevoort Chapter, Albany, NY 1998. [NCL RR
369.135 REV]. Index by name of NY individuals whose cemetery records are in the DAR
records.
26. Private Communication, Marie Koestler to R. L. Protzmann, May 2, 1999
The larger cemeteries in Rockland County can be found on street maps. The following
list of cemeteries (which may not be on the above list) was taken from:
Hagstrom’s Bergen/Rockland Counties Atlas, Large Scale Edition, Hagstrom Map
Company, Inc., Maspeth, NY, 1989
| Grid |
Pg |
Cemetery |
Street Location |
Town |
| K-3 |
1 |
|
Off Doodletown Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd |
PIP |
| F-6 |
2 |
|
Johnsontown Road |
St Johns, PIP |
| E-7 |
2 |
|
|
Johnsontown, PIP |
| L-4 |
3 |
|
Rosetown Road |
Tomkins Cove |
| K-6 |
3 |
Hillside Cemetery |
Old Rt 210 at Reservoir Road |
Stony Point |
| B-10 |
7 |
|
Orange Tpk (Rt 17) at Sloatsburg Rd |
|
| D-12 |
10 |
|
Ruby Blvd, off Oakdale Manor |
Suffern, NY |
| E-13 |
10 |
Airmont Cemetery |
South Airmont Road, at foot of Church Road |
Airmont, NY |
| L-15 |
11 |
|
Sickletown Road |
Orangetown, NY |
| L-15 |
11 |
|
Van Wyck Road at Blauvelt Road |
Orangetown, NY |
| M-15 |
11 |
Greenbush Presbyterian Churchyard |
Western Highway |
Blauvelt, NY |
| L-15 |
12 |
|
Off Palisades Parkway, east of Rockland Psychiatric Center
grounds |
Orangeburg, NY |
| L-16 |
12 |
|
NW Orangeburg Road at Blaisdell Rd |
Orangeburg, NY |
| L-16 |
12 |
|
SW Orangeburg Road at Blaisdell Rd |
Orangeburg, NY |
| N-17 |
14 |
Palisades Cemetery |
Behind houses off Closter Road |
Palisades, NY |
Additional information will be added in the future.
Additional References - Cemetery Information
WebPages
A database of over 3,000 interment records for Mount Repose can be searched
at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/.
Pull down the "Location" menu and select "Rockland Co, NY".
Then fill in your desired surname and select "Search". Unfortunately,
you can only search for one surname at a time, and cannot simply browse the
database.
Rockland Co. interment records submitted by individuals can be found at the Cemetery
Records Online site at http://www.interment.net/us/ny/rockland.htm
For the meanings of symbols on old tombstone carvings, see This and That Cemetery <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/cemetery.htm>
For information about the Rockland Room collection at the New City
Library, see <http://www.newcitylibrary.org/rockland.html>.
For specific information about their cemetery record holdings, see <http://www.newcitylibrary.org/rockland/CEMETERY.html>
Maps for locating cemeteries, see <http://www.sar.org/geneal/cemtmaps.htm>.
Although limited numbers of cemeteries are listed, the links provide maps from the
United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which can be ZOOMed to show exact locations of listed
cemeteries. The listings are by state and county. The Rockland Co, NY listing contains 14
cemeteries.
Books
Mellet, Dorothy W.: Gravestone Art in Rockland County, New York, Hudson Valley
Press, Tappan, NY, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 MEL].
Meyer, Richard E., edit: Cemeteries and Gravemarkers, Voices of American Culture,
Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, 1992. [NCL RR 731.76 CEM]
Schafer, Louis S.: Tombstones of Your Ancestors, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowle,
MD, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 SCH].
Strangstad, Lynette: A Graveyard Preservation Primer, AASLH Press, 1988. [NCL
RR 736.5 STR].
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