About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Gooding. The grounds sit at about 3,576 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Frank R. Gooding, John W. Thomas and James Henry Mays. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 372614. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pioneer Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Thompson Mortuary Chapel in Gooding, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 5 cemeteries we list in Gooding County, and 1 other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gooding. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US senators, 1 governor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Frank R. Gooding1859-1928American politician
- John W. Thomas1874-1945American politician
- James Henry Mays1868-1926American politician
- James Kephart1842-193222 Apr 1842 - 27 Apr 1932
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
42.93034, -114.70164
What Elmwood 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
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Thompson Mortuary Chapel0.8 miMortuary · Gooding
- Demaray Funeral Service - Gooding Chapel0.8 miFuneral home · Gooding · (208) 934-4406
- Demaray Funeral Service11 miFuneral home · Wendell · (208) 934-4406
- Demaray Jerome Memorial Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Jerome · (208) 324-4555
- Farnsworth Mortuary18 miMortuary · Jerome · (208) 324-7777
- Farmer Funeral Chapel23 miFuneral chapel · Buhl · (208) 543-4333
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