About Mount Kenton Cemetery
Mount Kenton Cemetery is a cemetery near Hendron, McCracken County, Kentucky. It lies about 1.7 mi east of Hendron. The grounds sit at about 472 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Alben W. Barkley, Bill Black and May Faris McKinney. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 498761. The nearest other listed cemetery is Temple Israel, about 0.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Milner & Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Paducah in Paducah, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in McCracken County, and 76 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 67 listings in McCracken County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hendron. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Kenton Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 vice president.
- Alben W. Barkley1877-1956American politician and vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953
- Bill Black1920-2002American baseball coach
- May Faris McKinney1874-1959American non-profit leader
- Dorothy Brower1882-1947First wife of Alben Barkley
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Kenton 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 Mount Kenton 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
- Temple IsraelMassac, KYJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- McCracken County CemeteryHendron, KYMunicipal cemetery0.4 mi
- Brook Hill Memorial Gardens780 Old North Friendship Road, Paducah, KYMemorial park0.4 mi
- Brooks Memorial ParkMassac, KYMemorial park0.5 mi
- Beyer CemeteryMassac, KYCemetery1.3 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryMassac, KYCemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryHendron, KYCemetery1.7 mi
- Highland CemeteryMassac, KYCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Matthews CemeteryMassac, KYCemetery2.4 mi
- White Oak CemeteryPaducah, KYCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Kenton Cemetery
- Milner & Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Paducah1.0 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 442-5100
- Milner & Orr Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 534-4200
- Keeling & Goodman Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 443-7991
- Cremation Society of Paducah3.4 miCremation provider · Paducah · (270) 443-5132
- Pettus Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 442-5749
- Hughes Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 415-1885
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