About Highland Park Cemetery
Highland Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas. It lies about 1.9 mi north of Pittsburg. The grounds sit at about 909 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Steve Mingori, Carnie Smith and Ebenezer F. Porter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 469755. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olive Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory in Pittsburg, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Crawford County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pittsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Park Cemetery
Among them: 2 football players, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- Steve Mingori1944-2008American baseball player
- Carnie Smith1911-1979American football player and coach
- Ebenezer F. Porter1859-1919Kansas businessman and politician
- Garfield Weede1880-1971American football player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland Park 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
37.38368, -94.70283
What Highland Park 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 Olive CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery0.8 mi
- Zion CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery1.1 mi
- Langdon CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery2.1 mi
- Langdon Lane CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery2.1 mi
- Dietz CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery3.1 mi
- Rowe CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery3.1 mi
- Crocker CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery3.6 mi
- Bird CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery4.1 mi
- West Union CemeteryPittsburg, KSCemetery4.3 mi
- Frontenac CemeteryFrontenac, KSCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Park Cemetery
- Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory1.4 miCremation provider · Pittsburg · (620) 231-4700
- Bath Naylor Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Pittsburg
- Brenner Mortuary1.9 miMortuary · Pittsburg · (620) 231-5600
- Friskel Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Frontenac · (620) 231-7360
- Bath-Naylor Funeral Home and Crematory6.4 miCremation provider · Weir · (620) 396-8266
- Bedene Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Franklin · (620) 347-4847
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