About Elk Spring Cemetery
Elk Spring Cemetery is a cemetery near Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. It lies about 1.3 mi southwest of Monticello. The grounds sit at about 948 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including James Chrisman and Don Parmley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 491677. The nearest other listed cemetery is Benjamin Coffey Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hicks-Vaughn Funeral Home in Monticello, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 261 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 152 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Monticello. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elk Spring Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- James Chrisman1818-1881American politician
- Don Parmley1933-2016Bluegrass musician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elk Spring 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
36.84484, -84.83598
What Elk Spring 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
- Benjamin Coffey CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery0.7 mi
- Beech Valley CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery0.9 mi
- Kendrick CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery1.2 mi
- Frisbie CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery1.7 mi
- Alexander CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery1.7 mi
- Bartleson CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery2.0 mi
- Lonely CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery2.5 mi
- Green Betty CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- George Morris CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- Ingram-Vickery-Goodard CemeteryMonticello, KYCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Elk Spring Cemetery
- Hicks-Vaughn Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Monticello · (606) 348-9397
- Hickey Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Monticello · (606) 348-4231
- H.E. Pruitt Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Jamestown
- H E Pruitt Memory Chapels16 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (270) 343-3483
- Southern Oaks Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Somerset · (606) 679-6257
- Talbott Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Albany · (606) 387-7068
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