About Spring Hill Cemetery
Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky. The grounds sit at about 879 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Beriah Magoffin, Jack Coleman and John Burton Thompson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 504142. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Pleasant Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Ransdell Funeral Chapel in Harrodsburg, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harrodsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Spring Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 US representatives, 1 basketball player, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 US senator.
- Beriah Magoffin1815-1885American politician
- Jack Coleman1924-1997American basketball player
- John Burton Thompson1810-1874American politician
- Philip B. Thompson, Jr.1845-1909American politician
- Maria T. Daviess1814-1896American author
- Jane T. H. Cross1817-1870American author
- William M. Linney1835-1887Author; geologist/archaeologist, active in Kentucky, United States
- Achilles Edward Davis1866-1941American physician
- John Augustus Williams1824-1903
- Mary Elizabeth Whittington1842-1884American teacher, taxidermist, collector and botanical collector
People whose Wikidata entry gives Spring Hill 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
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What Spring Hill 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 Pleasant CemeteryJackson, KYCemetery3.2 mi
- Berea CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery3.6 mi
- Oakland CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery3.8 mi
- Burgin CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery3.9 mi
- Royalty CemeteryJackson, KYCemetery4.9 mi
- Saint Nicholas CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery5.5 mi
- Bethel Church CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYChurch cemetery5.5 mi
- Robinson Road CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery5.6 mi
- Salt River CemeteryHarrodsburg, KYCemetery5.7 mi
- Cemetery 1811Wilmore, KYCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Spring Hill Cemetery
- Ransdell Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · Harrodsburg · (859) 734-4317
- Sims Funeral Services0.6 miFuneral home · Harrodsburg · (859) 734-4458
- Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Harrodsburg · (859) 734-3361
- Stith Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-2113
- Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-4343
- Smith-Jackson Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Danville · (859) 236-5261
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