Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan, Kansas

Sunset Cemetery is a cemetery near Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. It lies about 1.1 mi east of Manhattan. The grounds sit at about 1,155 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including Samuel Wendell Williston, Benjamin Franklin Mudge and Earl Woods. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 476374. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sunrise Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Riley County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 24 listings in Riley County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Manhattan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 Vietnam War veteran.

• Samuel Wendell Williston1851-1918
  American paleontologist
• Benjamin Franklin Mudge1817-1879
  American geologist, paleontologist, teacher, lawyer, chemist
• Earl Woods1932-2006
  United States Army Colonel
• Nehemiah Green1837-1890
  American politician
• Elmer Hackney1916-1969
  American football player
• Bertha Sarah Kimball Dickens1872-1957
  American scientific illustrator and entomologist
• Conrad Moll1899-1987
  American football, basketball, and baseball coach
• John H. Callahan1845-1914
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• Washington Marlatt1829-1909
• Alfred E. Aldous1884-1938
  American botanist and botanical collector
• Mary Eusebia Armstrong Beckford Mudge1820-1904
  American naturalist and collector

People whose Wikidata entry gives Sunset 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.

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.

• Sunrise Cemetery

  Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Rebekah Independent Order of Odd Fellows Home Cemetery

  Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Valley View Memorial Park

  Manhattan, KS
  Memorial park

  4.8 mi
• Ashland Cemetery

  4830 McDowell Creek Road, Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  5.1 mi
• Saint Patricks Cemetery

  9155 Elk Creek Road, Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  5.1 mi
• Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Riley

  5181 Wildcat Creek Road, Manhattan, KS
  Veterans cemetery

  5.9 mi
• Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Manhattan

  Ogden, KS
  Veterans cemetery

  5.9 mi
• Cedar Creek Cemetery

  Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  6.5 mi
• Ogden Cemetery

  Ogden, KS
  Cemetery

  7.5 mi
• Pleasant Valley Cemetery

  2091 Pleasant Valley Road, Manhattan, KS
  Cemetery

  7.5 mi

• Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Manhattan · (785) 539-7481
  0.6 mi
• Irvin Funeral Home & Cremation Parkview Chapel

  Funeral home · Manhattan · (785) 537-2110
  0.8 mi
• Stewart Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Wamego · (785) 456-2233
  13 mi
• Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Riley · (785) 485-2222
  15 mi
• Mass-Hinitt Cremations, Funerals and Receptions

  Funeral home · Junction City · (785) 762-3131
  17 mi
• Stewart Funeral

  Funeral home · Alma · (785) 765-2232
  18 mi

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