About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. It lies about 1.8 mi northwest of Ottawa. The grounds sit at about 951 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Alfred W. Benson, H. Ward Page and William H. Martin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 479675. The nearest other listed cemetery is Roselawn Memorial Gardens, about 1.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home in Ottawa, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ottawa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 US senator.
- Alfred W. Benson1843-1916American judge
- H. Ward Page1876-1949American football coach
- William H. Martin1865-1940American photographer and postcard publisher
- J. Nort Atkinson1877-1939American football coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
38.59195, -95.25184
What Highland 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
- Roselawn Memorial GardensOttawa, KSMemorial park1.8 mi
- Fouts CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery2.1 mi
- Hope CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery2.6 mi
- Ottawa Indian Mission Burying GroundOttawa, KSCemetery3.8 mi
- Evergreen Mound CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery4.9 mi
- Peoria CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery5.2 mi
- Chippewa Hills CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery6.1 mi
- Munsee Indian CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery6.5 mi
- Antioch CemeteryOttawa, KSCemetery6.9 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Ottawa · (785) 242-3550
- Dengel & Son Mortuary - Crematory1.8 miCremation provider · Ottawa · (785) 242-2323
- Wilson's Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Wellsville · (785) 883-2110
- Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Baldwin City · (785) 269-1459
- Eddy-birchard Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Osawatomie · (913) 755-2114
- Penwell Gabel Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Osawatomie · (913) 755-6500
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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