About Montgomery Cemetery
Montgomery Cemetery is a cemetery near Oakland City, Gibson County, Indiana. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Oakland City. The grounds sit at about 472 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Monroe Cockrum. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 439361. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel in Oakland City, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Gibson County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oakland City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Montgomery Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- William Monroe Cockrum1837-1924Indiana writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Montgomery 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
38.32560, -87.34140
What Montgomery 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
- Union CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery2.9 mi
- Williams CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery3.0 mi
- Davis CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery3.3 mi
- Coleman CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery3.8 mi
- Black CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery4.2 mi
- Albright CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery5.0 mi
- Townsley CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery5.1 mi
- Martin CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery5.2 mi
- Barnes CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery5.3 mi
- Simpson CemeteryOakland City, INCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Montgomery Cemetery
- Lamb-Basham Memorial Chapel0.9 miFuneral chapel · Oakland City · (812) 749-4024
- Corn Colvin Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Oakland City · (812) 749-4021
- Curtis Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Winslow · (812) 789-2442
- Pemberton-Bradley Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Lynnville · (812) 897-1459
- Harris Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Petersburg · (812) 354-8844
- Doyle Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Princeton · (812) 385-4334
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