Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Lindenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. It was established in 1860. It carries a heritage listing (NRHP 78000043). The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 46 notable people buried here, including Jesse Lynch Williams, Samuel D. Jackson and Curly Armstrong. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 437953. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Klaehn, Fahl, Melton Funeral Home in Fort Wayne, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Allen County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in Allen County.

Among them: 10 writers, 8 US representatives, 3 World War II veterans, 2 football players, 2 aviators and astronauts, 2 baseball players, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 journalists.

• Jesse Lynch Williams1871-1929
  American dramatist
• Samuel D. Jackson1895-1951
  American politician
• Curly Armstrong1918-1983
  American basketball player and coach
• John W. Dawson1820-1877
  Governor of Utah Territory, 1861
• Frank Bursley Taylor1860-1938
  American geologist
• Carl Clarence Kiess1887-1967
  Astronomer
• Chick Stahl1873-1907
  American baseball player
• Louis Edward Curdes1919-1995
  American flying ace
• Paul Frank Baer1894-1930
  American flying ace
• Samuel Brenton1810-1857
  American politician
• Alfred Peck Edgerton1813-1897
  American politician
• James Bain White1835-1897
  American politician, Indiana

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lindenwood 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.

• Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Greenlawn Memorial Park

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Memorial park

  3.0 mi
• Hatfield Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Prairie Grove Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Cemetery

  3.6 mi
• Oak Grove Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Covington Memorial Gardens

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Memorial park

  4.3 mi
• Catholic Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Catholic cemetery

  4.3 mi
• Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Jewish cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Lutheran cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Parker Cemetery

  Fort Wayne, IN
  Cemetery

  5.4 mi

• Hoosier Headstones

  Monument dealer · Fort Wayne · (260) 519-1177
  1.1 mi
• Klaehn, Fahl, Melton Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 424-1525
  1.6 mi
• C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 422-4232
  1.6 mi
• Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services – Mungovan

  Cremation provider · Fort Wayne · (260) 744-2114
  2.2 mi
• Northern Indiana Funeral Care

  Funeral home · Fort Wayne · (260) 456-0890
  2.4 mi
• Sanders Mortuary

  Mortuary · Fort Wayne · (260) 422-5090
  2.6 mi

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