About Bellefontaine Cemetery
Bellefontaine Cemetery is a cemetery near Evansville, Posey County, Indiana. It lies about 18 mi east of Evansville. The grounds sit at about 446 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Alvin Peterson Hovey, H. Joel Deckard and William Harrow. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 430775. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Matthews Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schneider Funeral Home in Mt Vernon, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Posey County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Evansville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US representatives, 1 governor, 1 writer.
- Alvin Peterson Hovey1821-1891Union Army general
- H. Joel Deckard1942-2016American politician
- William Harrow1822-1872Union United States Army general
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bellefontaine 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
37.95918, -87.89365
What Bellefontaine 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
- Saint Matthews CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery0.6 mi
- Gill CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery1.4 mi
- Moore CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery2.5 mi
- Dunn CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery2.8 mi
- Blacks CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Alldredge CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery4.8 mi
- Beech Grove CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery5.2 mi
- Calvin CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery5.3 mi
- Alexander CemeteryEvansville, INCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Schneider Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (812) 838-4331
- Denning Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.8 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (812) 838-3888
- Werry Funeral Homes Inc12 miFuneral home · New Harmony · (812) 682-4261
- Werry Funeral Homes Inc16 miFuneral home · Poseyville · (812) 874-2418
- Pierre Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Evansville · (812) 423-6471
- Evansville Crematory16 miCremation provider · Evansville · (812) 426-6581
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