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County Home Potters Field aka Poorhouse Cemetery

Historic Site #:01-032   (Exists)   Type: B1 Town:Arcadia
Site Name:County Home Potters Field aka Poorhouse CemeteryGPS Coordinates:43.067712, -77.036573
Address: 7237 Rt. 31 Newark NY
Description:

Believed to have been 234 Memorials at one time

The graves are marked with metal stake markers with numbers only.

2005 Driving Directions - Rte. 31 East toward Lyons. After you pass the WATS transportation, the Cemetery is on the Left, on top of a hill mound off from Rte. 31.



 
Photograph Contributed by © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreate
 
Historic narrative:
Across Route 31 from the County Home there was at one time a small burial plot where county charges from the home were buried. There were no markers and has now completely disappeared (1952).

For a list of those buried here, click this link:



To search for an individual buried here, click this link:



References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

Findagrave web page for this cemetry