About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Cañon City, Fremont County, Colorado. It lies about 1.0 mi north of Cañon City. The grounds sit at about 5,459 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including James Hamilton Peabody, Guy U. Hardy and Robert Alexander Cameron. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 192010. The nearest other listed cemetery is Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilson Funeral Home in Cañon City, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Fremont County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cañon City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- James Hamilton Peabody1852-1917American politician
- Guy U. Hardy1872-1947American politician
- Robert Alexander Cameron1828-1894Union Army general
- Emma Ghent Curtis1860-1918American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, populist, and suffragist
- John Davis1838-1901American soldier, born 1838
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
38.42740, -105.24720
What Greenwood 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
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryCañon City, COCemetery0.1 mi
- Lakeside CemeteryLincoln Park, COCemetery1.1 mi
- Mountain Vale Memory GardensLincoln Park, COCemetery2.3 mi
- Fremont Memory GardensLincoln Park, COCemetery2.3 mi
- Abbey CemeteryLincoln Park, COCemetery3.0 mi
- Union Highland CemeteryFlorence, COCemetery8.2 mi
- San Juan Bautisa CemeteryFlorence, COCemetery8.4 mi
- Penrose CemeteryPenrose, COCemetery12 mi
- Upper Beaver CemeteryPenrose, COCemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Wilson Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Cañon City · (719) 275-3372
- Holt Family Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Cañon City · (719) 275-4113
- Harwood Cremation and Funeral Service1.5 miFuneral home · Cañon City · (719) 458-1552
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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