Meetinghouse Green Road Cemetery

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Meetinghouse Green Road Cemetery
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Location Cross and Meeting House Rds., Meetinghouse Green, New York
Coordinates 42°55′08″N75°09′50″W / 42.91889°N 75.16389°W / 42.91889; -75.16389 Coordinates: 42°55′08″N75°09′50″W / 42.91889°N 75.16389°W / 42.91889; -75.16389
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built c. 1801 (1801)
NRHP reference # 13000357 [1]
Added to NRHP June 5, 2013

Meetinghouse Green Road Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Meetinghouse Green in Herkimer County, New York. It was established about 1801 and contains about 140 marked burials. The most recent burial dates to 1967. Headstones include simple grave markers through large and ornate carved and cast monuments. [2] :5–6

Cemetery Place of burial

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Winfield (town), New York Town in New York, United States

Winfield is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,086 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Winfield Scott and is in the southwest corner of the county, south of Utica.

Herkimer County, New York County in the United States

Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,519. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part in the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/03/13 through 6/07/13. National Park Service. 2013-06-14.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2015-11-01.[ permanent dead link ]Note: This includes Travis Bowman (July 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Meetinghouse Green Road Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs