Cold Springs Cemetery (also known as Cold Spring Cemetery) is a historic
cemetery
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located at
Lockport in
Niagara County, New York
Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of ...
. Among the prominent burials are
Erie Canal
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proponent
Jesse Hawley,
Cuthbert W. Pound, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1932 to 1934, and World War II
Medal of Honor
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recipient
William F. Leonard.
Incorporated in 1841,
Cold Springs Cemetery
/ref> the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 2004.
Gallery
Image:Cold Springs Cemetery View Jun 09.JPG, Cold Springs Cemetery, June 2009
Image:Cold Springs Cemetery Headstone Jun 09.JPG, Cold Springs Cemetery, June 2009
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
1815 establishments in New York (state)
Cemeteries in Niagara County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York
Cemeteries established in the 1810s
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