Mount Albion Cemetery
Terraced graves and tall trees, 2010
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| Established | 1842. |
| Location | NY 31, Albion, NY |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 43°14′22″N 78°09′20″W / 43.2394°N 78.1556°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Village of Albion |
| Size | 70 acres (28 ha). |
| No. of graves | 1,337 |
| Website | Mount Albion Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Mount Albion Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Mount Albion Cemetery |
| Architect | Marvin Porter |
| NRHP Reference # | 76001261 |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1976 |
 Walking - Down the Mt. Albion Cemetery Tower
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Mount Albion Cemetery is located on New York State Route 31 in the Town of Albion, New York, United States, east of the village of Albion, which owns and operates it. It is a rural cemetery established in the 1840s on a glacial drumlin.
From its original 25 acres (10 ha), it has almost tripled in size. Graves are on terraces in the rolling terrain. Tall trees, including some locally rare species, maintain a parklike atmosphere. Its notable monuments include a local Civil War memorial, a chapel and entrance arch. The dead buried there include Rufus Bullock, the first Republican Governor of Georgia and nine congressmen from two other states beside New York.
In 1976 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. It was the first property in Orleans County listed on the Register, and is so far the only one in the Town of Albion.
The cemetery is a 70-acre (28 ha) rectangular parcel on the south side of Route 31 between the Butts and Keitel Road intersections, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the village of Albion. Its terrain is gently rolling, dominated by a 680-foot (210 m) hill in the southeast quadrant. The area is rural, with the cemetery's sandstone office and barn located opposite its main entrance, near another smaller cemetery across the street. Immediately west of the lot is a small business. On all other sides the cemetery is surrounded by open lots and worked fields.
The northern three-quarters of the property has tall mature deciduous trees sheltering most of the graves; the southern quarter is open. Among the trees are a rare yucca and one of the few butternuts in the area. Rows of evergreens are located north and south of the hilltop; on the south the land is still wooded and not yet used for burials.
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