About Morris Hill Cemetery
Morris Hill Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. It is operated by City of Boise. The grounds sit at about 2,736 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 44 notable people buried here, including Reginald Owen, Frank Church and William Borah. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 374028. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pioneer Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Relyea Funeral Chapel in Boise, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Ada County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Ada County dates to 1890. 2 of the 17 listings in Ada County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Morris Hill Cemetery
Among them: 4 governors, 4 writers, 3 US senators, 2 artists, 2 business leaders, 2 US representatives, 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor.
- Reginald Owen1887-1972British actor
- Frank Church1924-1984American politician and lawyer
- William Borah1865-1940American politician
- Moses Alexander1853-1932Second elected Jewish governor of a US state - serving as the 11th Governor of Idaho 1915-1919
- J. R. Simplot1909-2008American businessman
- Bert H. Miller1879-1949American politician
- John M. Haines1863-1917American politician
- John T. Morrison1860-1915American politician
- Edgar Wilson1861-1915American politician
- James H. Hawley1847-1929American politician
- Paul Revere1938-2014American musician
- Edward Kelly1890-1956Catholic bishop
Show all 44 notable burials
- Herma Albertson Baggley1896-1981American park ranger, naturalist, author, botanical collector and teacher
- James Gunn1843-1911Union United States Army officer
- John Green1825-1908United States cavalry officer, who was awarded a Medal of Honor
- Lucius Roy Holbrook1875-1952United States Army general
- Margaret S. Roberts1872-1952American librarian and suffragist
- Orlando Scott Goff1843-1916American photographer
- Albert Horsley1866-1954Canadian-born American miner, bigamist and assassin
- Harold Lyman Ryan1923-1995U.S. Federal District Judge
- J. Blaine Anderson1922-1988United States federal judge
- John E. Tourtellotte1869-1939American architect
- Charles Cheatham Cavanah1871-1953United States federal judge
- Fredrick Monroe Taylor1901-1988United States federal judge
- Joe Albertson1906-1993Founder of Albertsons, philanthropist
- Clare Hunter1886-1940American football and basketball coach
- John T. Morgan1831-1910American judge
- Kathryn Albertson1908-2002Philanthropist
- Raymond Clyne McNichols1914-1985United States federal judge
- Annetta R. Chipp1866-1961American temperance leader and prison evangelist
- Bethine Clark Church1923-2013American politician's wife
- Charles R. Donaldson1919-1987American judge
- Emily L. Savidge1860-1939American writer
- George H. Stewart1858-1914Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
- Isaac N. Sullivan1848-1938American judge 1848-1938
- M. W. Wood1846-1933American surgeon
- Mary Stebbins Savage1850-1915American author, poet
- Potter P. Howard1890-1956American politician
- William Balderston1856-1914Editor and politician from Idaho
- Albert Philip Pagoaga1925-2017WWII Marine
- Charles L. Ostner1828-1913
- George H. Emerson1902-2000American civil servant and sheriff
- Mary Borah1870-1976
- McKeen F. Morrow1887-1941American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Morris Hill 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
43.60920, -116.23089
What Morris Hill 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
- Pioneer Cemetery460 East Warm Springs Avenue, Boise, IDMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
- Fort Boise Military Cemetery1101 North Mountain Cove Road, Boise, IDChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryGarden City, IDCemetery2.8 mi
- Old Penitentiary CemeteryBoise, IDCemetery3.6 mi
- Idaho State Penitentiary CemeteryBoise, IDCemetery3.6 mi
- Cloverdale Memorial ParkMeridian, IDMemorial park5.1 mi
- Terrace Lawn Cemetery4225 East Fairview Avenue, Meridian, IDCemetery5.5 mi
- Joplin Cemetery12250 West Chinden Boulevard, Eagle, IDCemetery6.4 mi
- Dry Creek Cemetery9600 West Hill Road, Boise, IDCemetery6.8 mi
- Idaho State Veterans Cemetery10100 North Horseshoe Bend Road, Boise, IDVeterans cemetery7.1 mi
Funeral homes near Morris Hill Cemetery
- Relyea Funeral Chapel0.2 miFuneral chapel · Boise · (208) 344-4441
- Boise Valley Monument0.3 miMonument dealer · Boise · (208) 996-1795
- Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel & Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Boise · (208) 376-5400
- Summers Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Boise · (208) 922-7865
- Cremation Society of Idaho1.7 miCremation provider · Boise · (208) 322-3590
- Neptune Cremation Service2.5 miCremation provider · Boise · (208) 274-8985
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Morris Hill Cemetery located?
Morris Hill Cemetery is at 317 North Latah Street, Boise, ID 83706 in Ada County. GPS coordinates: 43.60920, -116.23089.
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