About Double Butte Cemetery
Double Butte Cemetery is a cemetery in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The grounds sit at about 1,142 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Carl Hayden, John Howard Pyle and Benjamin Baker Moeur. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 12236. The nearest other listed cemetery is Twin Buttes Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is All Options Funeral Home in Tempe, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 106 cemeteries we list in Maricopa County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Maricopa County dates to 1895. 7 of the 106 listings in Maricopa County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Double Butte Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 2 US representatives, 1 baseball player, 1 physician, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- Carl Hayden1877-1972Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona
- John Howard Pyle1906-1987American politician
- Benjamin Baker Moeur1869-1937American politician
- John Robert Murdock1885-1972American politician
- Dudley W. Windes1888-1972American judge
- Guess Eleanor Birchett1881-1979American self-trained ornithologist and naturalist
- Horace B. Griffen1894-1972Republican nominee for Governor of Arizona - 1956
People whose Wikidata entry gives Double Butte Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
33.40610, -111.97396
What Double Butte Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Twin Buttes Cemetery2200 South 55th Street, Tempe, AZCemetery0.4 mi
- Resthaven CemeteryTempe Junction, AZCemetery1.2 mi
- Guadalupe CemeteryGuadalupe, AZCemetery1.9 mi
- Williams-Crosscut Cemetery325 North 47th Place, Phoenix, AZCemetery3.2 mi
- Governor Hunt TombTempe Junction, AZCemetery3.6 mi
- Arizona State Hospital CemeteryPhoenix, AZChurch cemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Francis Catholic CemeteryTempe Junction, AZCatholic cemetery4.6 mi
- Green Acres Memorial ParkTempe, AZMemorial park5.0 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Cathedral ColumbariumPhoenix, AZEpiscopal cemetery6.9 mi
- Cementerio LindoPhoenix, AZCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Double Butte Cemetery
- All Options Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Tempe · (480) 214-3104
- Resthaven/Carr-Tenney Mortuary & Memorial Gardens1.3 miMortuary · Phoenix · (602) 437-0436
- Tempe Mortuary2.5 miMortuary · Tempe · (480) 967-1643
- Richardson Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Tempe · (480) 449-1000
- Rose Manor Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Phoenix · (480) 670-6466
- Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Homes - Diocese of Phoenix4.5 miFuneral home · Phoenix · (602) 267-3960
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Double Butte Cemetery located?
Double Butte Cemetery is at 2505 West Broadway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282 in Maricopa County. GPS coordinates: 33.40610, -111.97396.
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