About Forest Cemetery
Forest Cemetery is a cemetery near Howard, Elk County, Kansas. It lies about 8.1 mi southeast of Howard. The grounds sit at about 1,184 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 475054. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bunker Hill Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, about 8.1 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Elk County, and 6 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
37.54151, -96.37988
What Forest 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
- Bunker Hill CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery2.5 mi
- Clear Creek CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery4.3 mi
- Cresco CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery7.2 mi
- Grace Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery8.2 mi
- South Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery9.9 mi
- Twin Grove CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery10.0 mi
- Star CemeteryEureka, KSCemetery11 mi
- Rural Vale CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery11 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryEureka, KSCemetery11 mi
- Beaumont CemeteryClay Center, KSCemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Cemetery
- Zimmerman Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Howard · (620) 374-2381
- Koup Family Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Eureka · (620) 583-5575
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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