About La Jara Cemetery
La Jara Cemetery is a cemetery near Alamosa, Conejos County, Colorado. It lies about 13 mi northeast of Alamosa. The grounds sit at about 7,608 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Albert Washington McIntire. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 192915. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sanford Cemetery, about 5.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Romero Funeral Home in Alamosa, about 12 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Conejos County, and 5 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alamosa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at La Jara Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- Albert Washington McIntire1853-1935American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives La Jara 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
37.29761, -105.96172
What La Jara 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
- Sanford CemeteryConejos, COCemetery5.0 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryConejos, COCemetery7.6 mi
- Capulin CemeteryAlamosa, COCemetery8.2 mi
- Sowards CemeteryConejos, COCemetery9.7 mi
- Old Manassa CemeteryConejos, COCemetery9.8 mi
- New Manassa CemeteryConejos, COCemetery11 mi
- Los Cerritos CemeteryConejos, COCemetery11 mi
- Alamosa Spanish Cemetery 1913Alamosa, COCemetery12 mi
- Alamosa Municipal CemeteryAlamosa, COMunicipal cemetery12 mi
- Lasauses CemeteryAlamosa, COCemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near La Jara Cemetery
- Romero Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Alamosa
- Romero Valley Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Alamosa · (719) 589-9200
- Rogers Family Mortuary13 miMortuary · Alamosa · (719) 589-4271
- Mountain Valley Mortuary22 miMortuary · Monte Vista · (719) 490-8197
- Strohmayer's Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Monte Vista · (719) 852-3533
- Rogers Family Mortuary22 miMortuary · Monte Vista · (719) 852-3400
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