Pioneer Cemetery in Boise, Idaho

Pioneer Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. It is operated by City of Boise. The grounds sit at about 2,717 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Cecil D. Andrus, George L. Shoup and Robert E. Smylie. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 374416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fort Boise Military Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Summers Funeral Home in Boise, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Ada County, and 11 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.

Among them: 4 governors, 2 US representatives, 1 journalist, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 US senator, 1 World War II veteran.

• Cecil D. Andrus1931-2017
  American politician
• George L. Shoup1836-1904
  American politician
• Robert E. Smylie1914-2004
  American politician and attorney from Idaho
• Frank W. Hunt1861-1906
  American politician
• Orval H. Hansen1926-2017
  American politician
• Edward A. Stevenson1831-1895
  11th Governor of Idaho Territory
• John Hailey1835-1921
  American politician
• John R. French1819-1890
  American politician
• Donald S. Whitehead1888-1957
  American politician
• Fremont Wood1856-1940
  American lawyer
• Henry E. Prickett1829-1885
  Mayor of Boise, Idaho Territory
• Milton Kelly1818-1892
  American judge and newspaper editor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Pioneer 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.

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.

• Fort Boise Military Cemetery

  1101 North Mountain Cove Road, Boise, ID
  Church cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Old Penitentiary Cemetery

  Boise, ID
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Idaho State Penitentiary Cemetery

  Boise, ID
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Morris Hill Cemetery

  317 North Latah Street, Boise, ID
  Municipal cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Mountain View Cemetery

  Garden City, ID
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• Cloverdale Memorial Park

  Meridian, ID
  Memorial park

  7.1 mi
• Terrace Lawn Cemetery

  4225 East Fairview Avenue, Meridian, ID
  Cemetery

  7.6 mi
• Dry Creek Cemetery

  9600 West Hill Road, Boise, ID
  Cemetery

  8.1 mi
• Joplin Cemetery

  12250 West Chinden Boulevard, Eagle, ID
  Cemetery

  8.2 mi
• Idaho State Veterans Cemetery

  10100 North Horseshoe Bend Road, Boise, ID
  Veterans cemetery

  8.3 mi

• Summers Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boise · (208) 922-7865
  1.1 mi
• Relyea Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Boise · (208) 344-4441
  2.0 mi
• Boise Valley Monument

  Monument dealer · Boise · (208) 996-1795
  2.0 mi
• Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Boise · (208) 376-5400
  3.0 mi
• Cremation Society of Idaho

  Cremation provider · Boise · (208) 322-3590
  3.4 mi
• Neptune Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Boise · (208) 274-8985
  4.6 mi

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