About Prairie Grove Cemetery
Prairie Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas. It lies about 1.1 mi east of Cottonwood Falls. The grounds sit at about 1,240 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Dudley Doolittle, Samuel Newitt Wood and Wilhelmina D. Yoast Morgan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 477404. The nearest other listed cemetery is Simmons Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral in Cottonwood Falls, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in Chase County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cottonwood Falls. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prairie Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Dudley Doolittle1881-1957American politician
- Samuel Newitt Wood1825-1891American attorney and politician, Kansas
- American suffragist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prairie Grove 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
38.37405, -96.56378
What Prairie Grove 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
- Simmons CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Anthony CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery2.2 mi
- Strong Township CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSMunicipal cemetery2.8 mi
- Miller CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery4.3 mi
- Elmdale CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery5.4 mi
- Bazaar CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery7.1 mi
- Hillside CemeteryEmporia, KSCemetery11 mi
- Grandview CemeteryEmporia, KSCemetery11 mi
- Boenitz CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery12 mi
- Diamond Creek CemeteryCottonwood Falls, KSCemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie Grove Cemetery
- Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral1.0 miFuneral home · Cottonwood Falls · (620) 273-6311
- Charter Funerals21 miFuneral home · Emporia · (620) 342-5522
- Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Emporia · (620) 342-2134
- Reeble Monuments21 miMonument dealer · Emporia · (620) 342-5573
- Yazel-Megli Funeral Homes25 miFuneral home · Marion · (620) 382-2112
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