Cooperstown Lakewood Cemetery

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Cooperstown Lakewood Cemetery

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    • Map of East Cemetery
    • Map of West Cemetery
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    • Henry Joseph Nicols
    • Arthur Ryerson
    • Grace Scott Bowen
    • Soldier Robert Cobbett
    • Soldiers Plot - Civil War
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    • Volunteer
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Rules & regulations

Lot Care

  • Please do not use glass or ceramic containers or statuary


  • Please place mementos on the gravestone, not on the ground


  • Please do not dump dead plant material or artificial flowers on the edges of the cemetery


  • The Cemetery Association has the right to enter lots to remove overgrown trees and shrubs, or parts thereof as they think proper, that infringe on adjacent lots or roads


  • All dead plants, wreaths, faded and/or damaged artificial flowers and unused containers must be removed before Memorial Day weekend


  • Please help us keep lots unobstructed for maintenance and visual appearance.


An excerpt from the 1875 Book of "Rules and Regulations of Lakewood Cemetery":

         Rules for Visitors


  1. No horse or vehicle will be allowed to pass through the grounds at a rate exceeding four miles an hour.
  2. No horse may be left in the grounds unfastened.
  3. No person or party having refreshments will be allowed to enter; nor will smoking be permitted.
  4. On Sundays and holidays the gates will be closed except to persons on foot.
  5. Children will not be admitted unless in charge of their parents or other responsible person; nor schools, unless accompanied by their teachers.
  6. All persons are prohibited from picking any flowers, either wild or cultivated; or breaking, cutting or writing upon any tree, shrub or plant.
  7. All persons are prohibited from writing upon, defacing or injuring any monument, fence or other structure in or belonging to the cemetery.
  8.  Any person disturbing the quiet and good order of the place by noise or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules, will be compelled at once to leave the grounds.


       Visitors are reminded that these grounds have been consecrated to the dead; and the Trustees confidently expect that the living while here will observe the proprieties of the place.

Photo of the cover page of the 1875 Book of Rules and Regulations for Lakewood Cemetery
Photo of  a page from the 1875 Book of Rules and Regulations for Lakewood Cemetery, showing the Rule
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Lakewood Cemetery

182 County Highway 31, Cooperstown, New York 13326

607-547-9662

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