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Shelby in Orleans County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Millville Cemetery

Est. 1871

 
 
Millville Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 7, 2016
1. Millville Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Early Quaker burial ground 1875 vault and stonewall built of Medina sandstone. Chapel built 1894.
 
Erected 2015 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 Quakerism, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.
 
Location. 43° 11.414′ N, 78° 19.501′ W. Marker is in Shelby, New York, in Orleans County. It is on East Shelby Road (County Route 8) 1.1 miles south of Maple Ridge Road (New York State Route 31A), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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 the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Millville 1815 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Burial Ground (approx. 1½ miles away); The Medina Culvert (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Culvert Road (approx. 3.3 miles away); Second Lieutenant John E. Butts (approx. 3.4 miles away); The Burroughs Family (approx. 3½ miles away); In Honor of Our Departed Comrades (approx. 3½ miles away); World War I Monument (approx. 3½ miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Millville Cemetery. National
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Register of Historic Places form, National Archives. (Submitted on September 15, 2023, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.) 
 
Millville Cemetery Marker - Southward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 7, 2016
2. Millville Cemetery Marker - Southward
Millville Cemeter image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 7, 2016
3. Millville Cemeter
Millville Cemetery - Northward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 7, 2016
4. Millville Cemetery - Northward
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2016, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 801 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 12, 2016, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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