Albany Rural Cemetery
The Albany Rural Cemetery was established October 7, 1844, in Menands, New York, United States, just outside the city of Albany, New York. It is renowned as one of the most beautiful, pastoral cemeteries in the U.S, at over 400 acres.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: St. Agnes Cemetery and Louis Menand House.
St. Agnes Cemetery
Cemetery
St. Agnes Cemetery is a 108-acre Catholic cemetery established in 1867. St. Agnes Cemetery is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Albany Rural Cemetery.
Louis Menand House
Historic house
Louis Menand House is a historic home located at Menands, New York in Albany County, New York. Louis Menand House is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Albany Rural Cemetery.
Henry M. Sage Estate
Historic house
Henry M. Sage Estate, also known as "Fernbrook,"… Henry M. Sage Estate is situated 1 mile south of Albany Rural Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Menands and Loudonville.
Loudonville
Village
Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States.
Newtonville
Hamlet
Newtonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Newtonville is situated 2 miles northwest of Albany Rural Cemetery.
Albany Rural Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Menands, New York, United States; located outside of the city of Albany
- Categories: rural cemetery, historic site, and burial
- Location: Town of Colonie, Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.70635° or 42° 42′ 23″ north
Longitude
-73.73297° or 73° 43′ 59″ west
Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)
Established
1844
Open location code
87J8P748+GR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Albany Rural Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Olbani-Rural qəbiristanlığı”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Олбані-Рурал”
- Catalan: “cementiri rural d’Albany”
- Chinese: “奥尔巴尼乡村公墓”
- Chinese: “奧爾巴尼農村公墓”
- Chinese: “奧爾巴尼鄉村公墓”
- Dutch: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- French: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Galician: “Cemiterio rural de Albany”
- Georgian: “ოლბანის სასოფლო სასაფლაო”
- German: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות של אלבני”
- Hungarian: “Albany Rural temető”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Rural de Albany”
- Russian: “Олбани-Рурал-Семетери”
- Slovenian: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Albany Rural Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “кладовище Олбані Рурал”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: South Troy and North Albany.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: John Boyd Thacher and Albany Rural Cemetery Chapel Mausoleum.
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