Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument is a historic cemetery located at Lynbrook in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery started as a small local burial ground in 1799.”
Wikipedia article Rockville Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,084 fires within 5 miles of Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument between 1992 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 129 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 656 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 129 |
| Smoking | 106 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 54 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deershead | Wollastonite, Garnet | Occurrence | Wollastonite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynbrook, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 6 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Lynbrook | 6 hurt, $1,000,000 | The NWS confirmed that an F2 tornado was responsible for significant damage that occurred in Lynbrook. Most of the village received damage from straight line winds up to 80 mph, that was associated with a severe squall line. Downed trees covered the village with some structural damage where the F2 tornado touched down.The major path of damage was from the northwest section of Lynbrook east-southeast to the southeast section of the village. Funnel clouds were observed from near the intersection of Marshall Ave. and Burtis Street and to the southeast. A tornado was first sighted by two eyewitnesses on Hampton Place. It rose and touched down several times: Second, near Winter Street and across Glover Circle; Third, along Peninsula Blvd. between Earle and Benton Avenues; and Fourth, as a weak F2 near the intersection of Rocklyn Ave. and Merrick Road. It moved across the Long Island Railroad Tracks and Sunrise Highway before it finally dissipated.More than three hundred trees were blown over, many on houses and cars. Six people received minor injuries. Four of these were in "The Fun Zone" on Rocklyn Avenue. One woman was slightly injured by a tree that fell on her car. One police officer was also injured. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynbrook | $5,000 | Multiple trees and branches were reported down throughout Lynbrook. |
| July 2004 | Heavy Rain | Lynbrook | - | 2.31" storm total. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | House at 474 Ocean Avenue | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
 | House at 251 Rocklyn Avenue | 0.5 miles | 2008 |
 | House at 73 Grove Street | 0.6 miles | 2008 |
 | US Post Office-Rockville Centre | 0.7 miles | 1989 |
| Lynbrook Public Library | 0.9 miles | 2025 | |
 | Haviland-Davison Grist Mill | 0.9 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000801 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |
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