About Wimsett Cemetery
Wimsett Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana. It lies about 2.1 mi northwest of Newport. The grounds sit at about 512 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Alice Davis Odekirk Greenwood. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 446162. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zener Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brown Mack Funeral Home in Montezuma, about 4.6 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Vermillion County, and 53 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wimsett Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Alice Davis Odekirk Greenwood1850-19371850-1936
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wimsett 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
39.86143, -87.38128
What Wimsett 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
- Zener CemeteryNewport, INCemetery1.5 mi
- Highfill CemeteryNewport, INCemetery2.4 mi
- Causey CemeteryNewport, INCemetery2.5 mi
- Harvey CemeteryNewport, INCemetery2.6 mi
- Memorial Chapel CemeteryNewport, INChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Juliet CemeteryNewport, INCemetery3.1 mi
- Johnson CemeteryNewport, INCemetery3.2 mi
- Carmack CemeteryNewport, INCemetery3.4 mi
- Ephlin CemeteryNewport, INCemetery3.8 mi
- Thomas CemeteryNewport, INCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Wimsett Cemetery
- Brown Mack Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Montezuma · (765) 245-2205
- Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center7.5 miFuneral home · Cayuga · (765) 492-4331
- Sanders Funeral Care - Kingman9.0 miFuneral home · Kingman · (765) 397-3499
- Gooch Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rockville · (765) 569-0040
- Barnes & Rice Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rockville · (765) 569-6116
- Simple Cremations And Burials14 miCremation provider · Clinton · (765) 592-6226
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