Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery

Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery, also known simply as Wiltwyck Cemetery, is a cemetery in Kingston, New York. It takes its name from the Dutch settlement Wiltwyck, later renamed Kingston by British officials.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} Wiltwyck Cemetery was first organized in 1850, and reorganized in 1856.

Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery
Details
Established	1857
Location	145 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY 12401
Country	United States
Coordinates	41.9226°N 74.0049°W / 41.9226; -74.0049
Owned by	Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association
Size	85 acres (34 ha)
Website	www.wiltwyckcemetery.org
Find a Grave	Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery

Background

Some notable figures interred in Wiltwyck Cemetery include the Neoclassicist painter, John Vanderlyn, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner Robert H. Dietz, and the 1904 Democratic Presidential nominee, Alton Brooks Parker.^[11]