About Park Cemetery
Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. It lies about 1.9 mi west of Columbus. The grounds sit at about 896 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Charles Solomon Huffman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 469486. The nearest other listed cemetery is Columbus Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory in Columbus, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbus. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Park Cemetery
- Charles Solomon Huffman1865-1960American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Park 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
37.16444, -94.80987
What Park 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
- Columbus CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery0.2 mi
- Potters Field CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery1.5 mi
- Bethlehem CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery2.7 mi
- Brush Creek CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery3.8 mi
- Lone Elm CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery3.9 mi
- Timberhill Oak Hill CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery4.2 mi
- Edgmand CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery5.3 mi
- Dockery CemeteryBaxter Springs, KSCemetery6.0 mi
- Beasley CemeteryBaxter Springs, KSCemetery6.2 mi
- Wirtonia CemeteryColumbus, KSCemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Park Cemetery
- Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Columbus · (620) 429-4114
- Derfelt Funeral Homes1.8 miFuneral home · Columbus · (620) 429-2795
- Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Weir · (620) 396-8266
- Derfelt's Baxter Chapel11 miFuneral home · Baxter Springs · (620) 856-2345
- Derfelt Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Galena · (620) 783-1371
- Simpson Funeral Home of Carl Junction14 miFuneral home · Carl Junction · (417) 649-7201
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