About Boswell Cemetery
Boswell Cemetery is a cemetery near Oxford, Benton County, Indiana. It lies about 6.4 mi east of Oxford. The grounds sit at about 758 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Paul DeWitt Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 431373. The nearest other listed cemetery is Perigo Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hahn-Groeber Funeral Home in Oxford, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in Benton County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oxford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Boswell Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Paul DeWitt Smith1892-1982American author
People whose Wikidata entry gives Boswell 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
40.52003, -87.37001
What Boswell 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
- Perigo CemeteryOxford, INCemetery1.5 mi
- Smith CemeteryOxford, INCemetery2.7 mi
- Jones CemeteryOxford, INCemetery4.9 mi
- Hooker CemeteryOxford, INCemetery5.6 mi
- Oxford CemeteryOxford, INCemetery5.8 mi
- Justus CemeteryOxford, INCemetery6.4 mi
- Gray CemeteryOxford, INCemetery6.9 mi
- Keyes CemeteryOxford, INCemetery7.4 mi
- Totheroh CemeteryFowler, INCemetery7.6 mi
- Rainsville CemeteryOxford, INCemetery8.0 mi
Funeral homes near Boswell Cemetery
- Hahn-Groeber Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Oxford · (765) 385-2119
- Gerts, Windler & Keller Funeral Homes7.6 miFuneral home · Fowler · (765) 884-0110
- Shoemaker Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Otterbein · (765) 583-4455
- Anderson Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Hoopeston · (217) 283-6696
- Blurton Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Hoopeston · (217) 987-6425
- Illiana Cremation Society16 miCremation provider · Hoopeston · (800) 618-4593
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