About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas. It lies about 1.0 mi west of Highland. The grounds sit at about 1,024 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Charles L. Faust and Hugh Defrance McCarty. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 473011. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walnut Grove Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Highland, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Doniphan County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Highland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Charles L. Faust1879-1928American politician
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
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What Highland 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
- Walnut Grove CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery3.1 mi
- Wolf River CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery3.4 mi
- Iola CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery3.4 mi
- Iowa Point CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery4.3 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery5.4 mi
- Fanning CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery5.4 mi
- Burrell CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery5.8 mi
- Bitner CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery7.7 mi
- Victory CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery8.5 mi
- Kenyon CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery8.6 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Chapel Oaks Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Highland · (785) 442-3590
- Harmon-Rode Funeral Homes9.8 miFuneral home · Troy
- Chapel Oaks Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Hiawatha · (785) 742-2212
- Harman-Rohde Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Wathena · (785) 989-4411
- Pettijohn & Crawford Family Funeral Services20 miFuneral home · Mound City · (660) 442-5425
- Dishon Maple-Chaney Mortuary20 miMortuary · Horton · (785) 486-3811
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