About Machpelah Cemetery
Machpelah Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Mount Sterling. The grounds sit at about 1,020 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including John Duncan Young, Richard Reid Rogers and Thomas Turner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 497425. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fairview Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Coffman Funeral Home & Crematory in Mt Sterling, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Sterling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Machpelah Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 governor.
- John Duncan Young1823-1910American politician
- Richard Reid Rogers1867-1949American governor of the Panama Canal Zone
- Thomas Turner1821-1900American politician from Kentucky
- Amos Davis1794-1835American politician
- Henry Daniel1786-1873American lawyer and politician
- James William Moore1818-1877American politician, Kentucky
- Lois Thompson1881-1933American college football player
- Henry Clay Howard1860-1928American lawyer and diplomat
- Susan Rebecca Gist Cox1824-1852
People whose Wikidata entry gives Machpelah 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
38.05646, -83.93103
What Machpelah 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
- Fairview CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery0.3 mi
- Olive Hill CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery0.3 mi
- Magowan CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery0.9 mi
- Enoch Smith CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Thomas CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery1.4 mi
- Ferguson CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery2.5 mi
- Jones CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery3.5 mi
- Cravens CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery3.7 mi
- Prewitt CemeteryMount Sterling, KYCemetery4.4 mi
- O'Rear CemeteryCamargo, KYCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Machpelah Cemetery
- Coffman Funeral Home & Crematory0.4 miCremation provider · Mt Sterling · (859) 498-2273
- Taul Funeral Homes0.5 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (859) 498-2400
- Herald & Stewart Home-Funerals0.9 miFuneral home · Mt Sterling · (859) 498-1421
- Michael R Gray Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Owingsville · (606) 674-6345
- Richardson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Owingsville · (606) 674-2922
- Grayson Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Clay City · (606) 663-9999
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