About Brooksville Cemetery
Brooksville Cemetery is a cemetery near Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida. It lies about 1.4 mi northwest of Brooksville. The grounds sit at about 112 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Hamilton Craigie, Frank Elmore Saxon and Willis M. Russell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 279447. The nearest other listed cemetery is Long Memorial Cemetery, about 3.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jacobs Funeral Home LLC in Brooksville, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 12 cemeteries we list in Hernando County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brooksville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Brooksville Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 physician, 1 writer.
- Hamilton Craigie1880-1956American editor and author
- Frank Elmore Saxon1841-1922American civil servant
- Willis M. Russell1931-2010Physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Brooksville 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
28.54694, -82.36843
What Brooksville 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
- Long Memorial CemeteryHill 'n Dale, FLCemetery3.3 mi
- COLORED CEMETERY OF SPRING HILL8580 Fort Dade Avenue, Brooksville, FLCemetery5.1 mi
- McGeachy CemeteryMasaryktown, FLCemetery5.8 mi
- Lake Lindsey CemeteryBrooksville, FLCemetery6.1 mi
- Johnson CemeteryHill 'n Dale, FLCemetery6.6 mi
- Community Baptist Church CemeteryNorth Brooksville, FLBaptist cemetery7.4 mi
- New Church CemeteryBrooksville, FLChurch cemetery7.5 mi
- Twin Lakes CemeteryHill 'n Dale, FLCemetery8.5 mi
- Florida Hills Memorial GardensSpring Hill, FLMemorial park8.5 mi
- Townsend House CemeteryHill 'n Dale, FLCemetery8.8 mi
Funeral homes near Brooksville Cemetery
- Jacobs Funeral Home LLC0.8 miFuneral home · Brooksville · (352) 593-4132
- Jacob's Funeral Home Llc1.0 miFuneral home · Brooksville · (352) 593-4132
- Merritt Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Brooksville · (352) 796-6699
- Jt Campbell Funeral And Cremation Services Macedonia Chapel Llc1.4 miCremation provider · Brooksville · (352) 587-8080
- Brewer & Sons Funeral Homes - Brooksville Chapel2.1 miFuneral home · Brooksville · (352) 796-4991
- Turner Funeral Home & Florida Hills Memorial Gardens8.5 miFuneral home · Spring Hill · (352) 796-9661
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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