About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Winfield. The grounds sit at about 1,197 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Alfred Metcalf Jackson, Arthur Porth and William Marion Goldsmith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 469550. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cowley County Poor Farm Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Shelley Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Winfield, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Cowley County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Winfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Alfred Metcalf Jackson1860-1924American politician (Democrat)
- Arthur Porth1902-1993American building contractor and activist
- William Marion Goldsmith1888-1955American biologist and educator
- Rolla Charles Payne1892-1968
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
37.22391, -97.00212
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
- Cowley County Poor Farm CemeteryWinfield, KSCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryWinfield, KSCemetery1.9 mi
- Union CemeteryWinfield, KSCemetery2.3 mi
- Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at WinfieldWinfield, KSVeterans cemetery2.9 mi
- Kansas State Veterans CemeteryWinfield, KSVeterans cemetery2.9 mi
- Mount Vernon CemeteryWinfield, KSCemetery5.7 mi
- Griffith CemeteryWinfield, KSCemetery5.8 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryArkansas City, KSCemetery5.8 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryOxford, KSCemetery6.3 mi
- Memorial Lawn CemeteryArkansas City, KSCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Shelley Family Funeral Home and Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Winfield · (620) 221-2211
- Miles Funeral Service3.3 miFuneral home · Winfield · (620) 221-1111
- Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Arkansas City · (620) 442-3210
- Shelley Family Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Arkansas City · (620) 442-0220
- Hatfield-Smith Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Belle Plaine · (620) 488-3334
- Smith Family Cremation Center20 miCremation provider · Douglass · (316) 746-2101
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