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Boxwood Cemetery

 
 
Boxwood Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 23, 2020
1. Boxwood Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Boxwood Cemetery
Established as Village of Medina
Cemetery in 1850. Listed on
National Historic Register 2015 as
a representative of 19th and 20th
century styles of cemeteries.

 
Erected by The Boxwood Cemetery Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.
 
Location. 43° 13.979′ N, 78° 23.854′ W. Marker is in Medina, New York, in Orleans County. It is on North Gravel Road (New York State Route 63) one mile north of Stork Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3717 North Gravel Road, Medina NY 14103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Anthony C. Biernacki (approx. 0.4 miles away); Killed in Action - Vietnam (approx. half a mile away); Gulf Street Park (approx. half a mile away); John Ryan 1801-96 / Medina Sandstone (approx. 0.6 miles away); "The Big Apple" (approx. Ύ mile away); Medina Armory (approx. 0.8 miles away); Frances Folsom (approx. 0.8 miles away); Valor, Honor, Virtue, Courage, Duty (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medina.
 
Also see . . .  Boxwood Cemetery - Wikipedia. (Submitted on May 23, 2020, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
 
Boxwood Cemetery & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 23, 2020
2. Boxwood Cemetery & Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2020, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 517 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2020, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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