Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bennet Cemetery

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

1. Bennet Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Early Cheektowaga cemetery. Oldest stone dated 1819. Graves of Armitage, Bennet, Adams, Davis, Doat, Watts, Boothroy & other families.

Erected 2012 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.

Location. 42° 54.419′ N, 78° 46.855′ W. Marker is in Cheektowaga, New York, in Erie County. It is on Walden Avenue ¼ mile west of Galleria Drive, on the right when traveling west. Marker is roadside between the Ford dealer and a strip mall. The cemetery itself is behind the strip mall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1540 Walden Avenue, Buffalo NY 14225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

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and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

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: Dedicated to the Gold Star Mothers (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cheektowaga Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Citizens of the Year Award 1990-1991 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Cleveland Hill Extension School Fire (approx. 0.7 miles away); George Urban, Jr. Residence (approx. 0.9 miles away); Red Jacket Post 3068 Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Veterans Square (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheektowaga.

Also see . . . Bennet Cemetery - Cheektowaga Historical Association & Museum. (Submitted on March 14, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

2. Westward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

3. Eastward

Traffic light is for access to a huge retail plaza.

Bennet Cemetery Marker and Strip Mall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

4. Bennet Cemetery Marker and Strip Mall

Cemetery is behind this strip mall.

Bennet Cemetery Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

5. Bennet Cemetery Sign

Bennet Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015

6. Bennet Cemetery

Picture taken on the last day of the coldest month on record in western New York. Several feet of snow covers the cemetery. White building in background is the Ford dealership.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 770 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 14, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.