About Holton Cemetery
Holton Cemetery is a cemetery near Holton, Jackson County, Kansas. It lies about 1.2 mi east of Holton. The grounds sit at about 1,093 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Billie Moore, Case Broderick and Virgil Barnes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 478193. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mercer Funeral Home in Holton, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Holton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holton Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Billie Moore1943-2022American basketball coach
- Case Broderick1839-1920American politician
- Virgil Barnes1897-1958American baseball player
- Samuel Grimshaw1840-1918Medal of Honor recipient
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holton 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
39.46131, -95.75858
What Holton 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
- Mount Calvary Catholic CemeteryHolton, KSCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Haas CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery2.8 mi
- Brick CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery3.8 mi
- Circleville CemeteryHolton, KSChristian cemetery6.4 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery7.7 mi
- Denison CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery8.2 mi
- Boan CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery9.0 mi
- South Denison CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery9.1 mi
- Olive Hill CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery9.1 mi
- Estes CemeteryHolton, KSCemetery9.1 mi
Funeral homes near Holton Cemetery
- Mercer Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Holton · (785) 364-2626
- Chapel Oaks Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Holton · (785) 364-2141
- Chapel Oaks Funeral12 miFuneral home · Hoyt · (785) 986-6548
- Dishon Maple-Chaney Mortuary18 miMortuary · Horton · (785) 486-3811
- Meriden Funeral Chapel21 miFuneral chapel · Meriden · (785) 484-3600
- O'Trimble Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Nortonville · (913) 886-2222
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