The cemeteries in which Stephentown's people are buried. That's a broader subject than just the boundaries of the town. As expected the data which the Society has includes people who were buried here. It also has individuals whose bodies ended up in cemeteries in nearby and sometimes even foreign cemeteries. Some moved away, some were buried in family plots located elsewhere, and more than a few were only short-time residents or had ties to the town which may be discovered in doing historical research.

And Remember: in the early days, Stephentown covered a much larger area, including parts or all of many Rensselaer County towns. (See Map.) An older cemetery may have been in Stephentown when it was in use, but could now be in another town. Town locations in the table below are the current (2010) towns and communities.

The geographical influence of living here in the mountains and valleys also tends to be more important than political subdivision. The northern Jericho Valley section of Hancock, MA has a long-standing affinity to the Stephentown community. Similarly, the West Stephentown community often showed stronger connections with Sand Lake. But then, some of the listed cemeteries never were in the old Stephentown nor were geographically connected; they just are the final resting place of folks important to the history of Stephentown.

Key:
Location - This field shows a brief general location. If a more detailed location is available a green push-pin appears at the right - run your mouse over it to pop up the longer description.
# in File - This is the number of graves currently in our database for this cemetery.
Notes - The little icon that looks like sticky notes indicates that detailed access instructions, visit reports, and descriptive information may be available.  Run your mouse cursor over the symbol to pop up the notes.
Map - A click on a Globe icon will take you to a Google Earth view of the cemetery location (Google Earth, which is free, must be installed on your computer for this feature to work.)
Graves List - Click on the book icon for a new window to open with detailed data on the cemetery and an inventory of all the graves which have been recorded in our database.