About Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It lies about 1.1 mi east of Bloomington. The grounds sit at about 827 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 49 notable people buried here, including Alfred Kinsey, Hoagy Carmichael and Daniel Kirkwood. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 442292. The nearest other listed cemetery is White Oak Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is The Funeral Chapel in Bloomington, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 42 listings in Monroe County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bloomington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rose Hill Cemetery
Among them: 17 writers, 6 scientists, 3 US representatives, 2 artists, 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 architect, 1 basketball player.
- Alfred Kinsey1894-1956American sexologist
- Hoagy Carmichael1899-1981American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader
- Daniel Kirkwood1814-1895American astronomer
- Edwin Sutherland1883-1950American criminologist
- Frank K. Edmondson1912-2008American astronomer
- Ross Lockridge, Jr.1914-1948American novelist
- Václav Hlavatý1894-1969Czech politician and mathematician (*1894, †1969)
- Paris C. Dunning1806-1884American politician
- Seth Eugene Meek1859-1914American zoologist
- Morton C. Hunter1825-1896Union Army general, lawyer, politician
- James Hughes1823-1873United States Representative from Indiana
- John Sebrie Watts1816-1876American politician
Show all 49 notable burials
- Robert W. Miers1848-1930American politician
- Fernandus Payne1881-1977American zoologist
- John W. Ryan1929-2011American political scientist
- Andrew Wylie1789-1851College president
- Arthur Berndt1884-1947American college athlete and coach, politician
- Dorothee Manski1895-1967American soprano
- Kenneth Gros Louis1936-2017Professor of English and university administrator
- Walter Bransen1886-1941German violinist and composer
- Bert Edward Young1875-1949Author
- Frank Curry Mathers1881-1973American physical chemist
- George Henley1890-1965American judge
- Henry B. Gentry1864-1940American circus proprietor
- James Albert Woodburn1856-1943Historian and professor of history
- John L. Nichols1859-1929Architect
- Selatie Edgar Stout1871-1969American classical philologist
- Theophilus Adam Wylie1810-1895President of Indiana University
- Ward Gray Biddle1891-1946Indiana politician
- Avis Tarrant Burke1886-1984Teacher and philanthropist
- Bernard C. Gavit1893-1954Indiana author 1893-1954
- Bill Talbot1931-2016College basketball player (1951-1951) Florida
- Burton Dorr Myers1870-1951Professor of anatomy
- David Andrew Rothrock1864-1949Mathematician
- David Myers Mottier1864-1940Botanist
- Donald Edward Glassco, II1941-2002Ph.D. University of Southern California 1971
- E. Ross Bartley1892-1969Public relations professional
- Earl Brown1886-1982Salesperson And School Teacher
- Edward W. Najam1916-2005Professor Of French
- Elisha Ballantine1809-1886American theologian and university president
- Elmer O. Wooley1883-1964Professor Of German
- Harry Engel1901-1970American artist
- Harvey Albert Bordner1872-1938American Educator In Philippines
- John D. Alexander1839-1931Lawyer
- Lee Roy Norvelle1892-1984Theater director and arts administrator
- Margaret Hemphill McCalla1836-1912Educator from Bloomington, Indiana
- Robert E. Burke1884-1957Artist and professor of Fine Arts
- Susan Bowen Jordan1845-1885American zoologist and university teacher
- William Hammond Mathers1916-1938Chemistry Student
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose 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.
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What Rose 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
- White Oak CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery0.3 mi
- Valhalla Memorial GardensBloomington, INMemorial park0.7 mi
- Dunn Family PlotBloomington, INFamily cemetery1.3 mi
- Rogers CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery1.6 mi
- Covenanter CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery2.3 mi
- Clear Creek CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Gilead CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery4.5 mi
- Garrison Chapel CemeteryBloomington, INChurch cemetery5.3 mi
- Mount Salem CemeterySmithville-Sanders, INCemetery6.0 mi
- Harmony CemeteryBloomington, INCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Funeral Chapel2.8 miFuneral chapel · Bloomington · (812) 333-4400
- Allen Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Bloomington · (812) 824-5905
- Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Bloomington · (812) 336-6331
- Bloomington Cremation Society4.5 miCremation provider · Bloomington · (812) 961-1960
- Chandler Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Ellettsville · (812) 876-6075
- Chandler Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Gosport · (812) 879-4245
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