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PIONEER CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery
Location
7126 Van Buren Road, Van Buren, NY
Lat/Long
43.11674, -76.30606
Grant Recipient
Town of Van Buren
Historic Marker

PIONEER CEMETERY

Inscription

PIONEER CEMETERY
ON THIS SITE
BURIALS 1805 - 1862. AFTER
BROKEN MARKERS DISPLACED,
LOT BECAME OVERGROWN FIELD.
REDEDICATED IN 2013.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

The rural cemetery in the Town of Van Buren was the burial site for early residents from 1805-1862. After broken markers were displaced the old cemetery became an overgrown field. In 2013 the cemetery was rededicated and a monument was placed in the cemetery to mark the graves.