About Ames Cemetery
Ames Cemetery is a cemetery near Howard, Elk County, Kansas. It lies about 11 mi north of Howard. The grounds sit at about 1,112 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 469877. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 2.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, about 11 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Elk County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Howard. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.31439, -96.27324
What Ames 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 Olivet CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery2.8 mi
- Moline CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery4.6 mi
- Elk Falls CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery5.9 mi
- Belknap CemeterySedan, KSCemetery5.9 mi
- Union Chapel CemeterySedan, KSChristian cemetery6.9 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeterySedan, KSCemetery7.5 mi
- Crum CemeterySedan, KSCemetery8.7 mi
- Spring Creek CemeterySedan, KSCemetery8.9 mi
- Green Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery9.3 mi
- Grace Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery10.0 mi
Funeral homes near Ames Cemetery
- Zimmerman Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Howard · (620) 374-2381
- Dickens Family Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Sedan · (620) 725-3101
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