About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan. It lies about 1.5 mi northwest of Houghton. The grounds sit at about 814 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Jay Abel Hubbell, Carlos D. Shelden and William D. Cochran. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 626265. The nearest other listed cemetery is American Legion Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Copper Country Crematory in Dollar Bay, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Houghton County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 27 listings in Houghton County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Houghton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 business leader.
- Jay Abel Hubbell1829-1900American politician
- Carlos D. Shelden1840-1904American politician
- William D. Cochran1894-1951American football player
- Joseph F. Hambitzer1856-1926American politician
- Ruth Gibson Butler1891-1981American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest 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
47.11214, -88.54039
What Forest 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
- American Legion CemeteryHoughton, MICemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHancock, MICemetery2.8 mi
- Lutheran CemeteryHancock, MILutheran cemetery2.8 mi
- Lakeside CemeteryHancock, MICemetery4.4 mi
- Atlantic Mine CemeteryAtlantic Mine, MICemetery4.5 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryAtlantic Mine, MICemetery5.6 mi
- Chassell Township CemeteryHoughton, MIMunicipal cemetery5.7 mi
- Oskar CemeteryHoughton, MICemetery6.5 mi
- Waasa CemeteryHoughton, MICemetery7.1 mi
- Hecla CemeteryLaurium, MICemetery9.4 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Copper Country Crematory0.8 miCremation provider · Dollar Bay
- Plowe Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Houghton
- O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Hancock · (906) 482-0660
- Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Service2.9 miCremation provider · Hancock · (906) 482-1717
- Jukuri Antila Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Hancock · (906) 482-3710
- Mountain View Mortuary5.4 miMortuary · South Range · (906) 482-8474
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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