About Acacia Park Cemetery
Acacia Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota. It lies about 1.6 mi east of Mendota Heights. The grounds sit at about 909 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Harold LeVander, Samuel Smith and Donald O. Wright. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 639190. The nearest other listed cemetery is Church of Saint Peter Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Hodroff-epstein Memorial Chapel in Saint Paul, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in Dakota County, and 54 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 65 listings in Dakota County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mendota Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Acacia Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 scientist.
- Harold LeVander1910-1992American politician
- Samuel Smith1927-2005American chemist at the 3M company
- Donald O. Wright1892-1985American politician
- Jim Lord1948-2008American politician
- Tom Keith1946-2011American radio personality
- Alfred L. Buser1888-1956American football player, football coach, athletic director
- F. W. Sweeney1873-1938American football coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Acacia Park 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
44.87816, -93.17003
What Acacia Park 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
- Church of Saint Peter CemeteryMendota Heights, MNChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Resurrection Cemetery2101 Lexington Avenue South, Mendota Heights, MNCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Fort Snelling National CemeteryRichfield, MNNational cemetery2.2 mi
- Fort Snelling National CemeteryRichfield, MNNational cemetery2.5 mi
- Trinity Lone Oak CemeteryMendota Heights, MNCemetery2.9 mi
- Salem Evangelical Kirche CemeteryInver Grove Heights, MNCemetery4.7 mi
- Church of the Assumption Catholic CemeteryRichfield, MNCatholic cemetery5.1 mi
- Salem United Methodist Church CemeteryInver Grove Heights, MNMethodist cemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryEagan, MNCemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryLongfellow Community, MNCatholic cemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Acacia Park Cemetery
- Hodroff-epstein Memorial Chapel3.0 miFuneral chapel · Saint Paul · (651) 698-8311
- Bradshaw Funeral & Cremation Services3.0 miCremation provider · Saint Paul · (651) 383-4357
- Klecatsky and Sons Eagan Chapel3.1 miFuneral home · Eagan · (651) 454-9488
- Willwerscheid Funeral Home & Cremation Service - West-Heights3.9 miFuneral home · West St Paul · (651) 237-5054
- Willwerscheid Funeral Home & Cremation Service4.4 miFuneral home · St Paul · (651) 222-9887
- Washburn-mcreavy Nokomis Park Chapel4.6 miFuneral home · Minneapolis · (612) 721-1651
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