About Compton Cemetery
Compton Cemetery is a cemetery near Wadena, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It lies about 3.8 mi northeast of Wadena. The grounds sit at about 1,368 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 641427. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schuller Family Funeral Homes in Wadena, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 210 cemeteries we list in Otter Tail County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Otter Tail County dates to 1889.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wadena. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
46.42023, -95.20863
What Compton 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
- Compton Catholic CemeteryWadena, MNCatholic cemetery0.0 mi
- Gustafva CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery1.1 mi
- Compton Lutheran CemeteryWadena, MNLutheran cemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Ann' CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery3.0 mi
- Wadena CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery3.1 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church CemeteryWadena, MNCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
- Trinity CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery5.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryNew York Mills, MNCemetery5.5 mi
- Leaf River CemeteryWadena, MNCemetery5.5 mi
- Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery (historical)New York Mills, MNChurch cemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Compton Cemetery
- Schuller Family Funeral Homes3.5 miFuneral home · Wadena · (218) 631-3632
- Karvonen Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Wadena · (218) 632-4007
- Verndale Chapel - Schuller Family Funeral Homes9.5 miFuneral home · Verndale · (218) 445-5191
- Karvonen Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · New York Mills · (218) 385-2345
- Schuller Family Funeral Home: Domian-Anderson Chapel12 miFuneral home · Bertha · (218) 924-4000
- Belmont-Karvonen Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Henning · (218) 583-2511
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