| Calverton National Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1978 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°55′55″N 72°48′55″W / 40.9319327°N 72.8151712°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Size | 1,045 acres (423 ha) |
| No. of graves | 275,000 |
| Website | VA Official Site |
| Find a Grave | Calverton National Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Calverton National Cemetery |
Calverton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island in New York. The cemetery's street address is in Calverton but the property is in the adjacent hamlet of Wading River. It encompasses 1,045 acres (423 ha) and as of the end of 2008 had 212,000 interments.[1]
It has the largest area of any national cemetery in the United States,[2] and the busiest (in terms of daily burials) conducting more than 7,000 burials each year as of 2011.[3]
- ^ "Secretary Shinseki Announces $32 Million to Calverton Cemetery - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Arlington National Cemetery:: Visitor_Information". Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2011-06-26.