Boxwood Cemetery is a historic

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located at

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. The cemetery was established in 1849, and is the resting place of many early settlers. The cemetery includes approximately 5,000 marked burials in the cemetery, spanning from 1849 until the present day. It features entrance ways flanked by

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columns and wrought-iron gates built in 1925. Located in the cemetery is a

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style chapel built in 1903 of rough-cut red

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in 2015. Boxwood is about 20 acres of land. It is located at the northwestern edge of the Village of Medina. Though portions of the cemetery are also in the Town of Ridgeway, the Village of Medina owns and operates the cemetery.

Notable burials

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(1810–1860), US Congressman

Gallery

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1849 establishments in New York (state) Gothic Revival church buildings in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Orleans County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, New York Rural cemeteries