About Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery is a cemetery near North Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of North Madison. The grounds sit at about 873 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including William Hendricks, John R. Cravens and Charles Barnes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 434306. The nearest funeral home we know of is Vail-holt Funeral Homes in Madison, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Madison. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairmount Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- William Hendricks1782-1850American politician
- John R. Cravens1819-1899American politician
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- Henry Little1800-1882American Presbyterian minister
- Norman Lowell Wykoff1934-1989Ph.D. Indiana University 1974
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairmount 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
38.75756, -85.38603
What Fairmount 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
- Monroe CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.0 mi
- Bayless CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.1 mi
- Baxter CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.1 mi
- Craig CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.1 mi
- Mount Monroe CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.1 mi
- Big Creek CemeteryNorth Madison, INCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryNorth Madison, INChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryMadison, INCemetery0.6 mi
- Indiana Veterans Memorial CemeteryNorth Madison, INVeterans cemetery1.1 mi
- Springdale CemeteryMadison, INCemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Fairmount Cemetery
- Holt Monuments, L.L.C.1.3 miMonument dealer · Madison · (812) 274-0231
- Vail-holt Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Madison · (812) 265-5112
- Lytle Funeral Chapel, Inc1.4 miFuneral chapel · Madison · (812) 265-4021
- Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre1.5 miFuneral home · Madison · (812) 265-5577
- Morgan and Nay Funeral Center1.5 miFuneral home · North Madison
- Morgan and Nay Funeral Centre, Hanover Chapel5.3 miFuneral home · Hanover · (812) 866-2411
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