About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Newton, Harvey County, Kansas. It lies about 1.1 mi west of Newton. The grounds sit at about 1,463 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Samuel R. Peters, John McCuish and Reed Crandall. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 478011. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in Harvey County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Samuel R. Peters1842-1910American politician
- John McCuish1906-1962American politician
- Reed Crandall1917-1982American comic book artist
- Lillian M. Mitchner1862-1954American temperance leader; writer (1862/64-1954)
- Ralph Brown1926-2016American football player and coach
- Adrian Lawrence Greene1848-1907American judge
- Eleanora Ambrose1901-1988American dancer
- Gus A. Hauray, Jr.1895-1952American football coach
- Ruth Emma Mitten1876-1942American educator; county school superintendent
- Adelaide Ambrose1887-1967(1887-1967) American dancer
- Betty van der Smissen1927-2008Sports Law Researcher
- John Adams Pool Teneyck1825-1891
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
38.04575, -97.32504
What Greenwood 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery0.3 mi
- Restlawn Gardens of Memory CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery4.6 mi
- Royer CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery5.0 mi
- Eastlawn CemeteryHesston, KSCemetery5.9 mi
- Church of God of the First Born CemeteryHesston, KSChurch cemetery6.5 mi
- Highland CemeteryHesston, KSCemetery6.9 mi
- Walton CemeteryNorth Newton, KSCemetery7.0 mi
- Grace Hill Mennonite Church CemeteryNewton, KSMennonite and Amish cemetery7.9 mi
- Horace Hays GravesiteNewton, KSCemetery8.1 mi
- Mission CemeteryPeabody, KSCemetery8.9 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Broadway Colonial Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Newton · (316) 283-4343
- Petersen Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Newton · (316) 283-2525
- Enduring Love Memorials, Inc2.6 miMonument dealer · Newton · (866) 511-0199
- Miller-Ott Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Hesston · (620) 327-2685
- Kaufman Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Halstead · (316) 835-2233
- Lamb Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Whitewater · (316) 799-2000
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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