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Honeoye Falls Cemetery
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, June 18, 2022
1. Honeoye Falls Cemetery
Inscription. Pioneer burial ground - 1800; Methodist Episcopal Society - 1821; Original cemetery association - 1866; New cemetery association - 1893; Chase Brothers nursery annex - 1947; HF Community Cemetery - 2003 /

Seneca habitation (primary) - to 1687; Phelps and Gorham purchase - 1788; Norton's Mill - Founded by Zebulon Norton. 1792; West Mendon - Post Office Established. 1822; Honeoye Falls - Village Incorporated. 1838
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.
 
Location. 42° 57.665′ N, 77° 35.315′ W. Marker is in Honeoye Falls, New York, in Monroe County. It is on North Main Street (New York State Route 65) Ό mile south of Pride Street, on the left when traveling south. Plaques are on either side of a short stonework block adjacent to the veterans memorial. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 167 Clover St, Honeoye Falls NY 14472, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes,
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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 the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Honoeye Falls Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles A. Goheen (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lewis Gates Post (about 300 feet away); Mendon (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Honeoye Falls Village Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of Mill (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mendon Town Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Totiakton (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Honeoye Falls.
 
Community History image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, June 18, 2022
2. Community History
Honeoye Falls Cemetery / Community History Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, June 18, 2022
3. Honeoye Falls Cemetery / Community History Marker
The veterans memorial in the background states simply, "Thank you for your service," under the U.S. flagpole
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2022, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 327 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 2, 2022, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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