About Mount Vernon Cemetery
Mount Vernon Cemetery is a cemetery near Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It lies about 12 mi northeast of Boonville. The grounds sit at about 804 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: America McCutchen Drennan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 722911. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Joseph Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Howard-Millard Funeral Home in Boonville, about 11 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Cooper County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery
- America McCutchen Drennan1830-1903American missionary, educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Vernon 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
38.85858, -92.91559
What Mount Vernon 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
- Saint Joseph CemeteryBoonville, MOCemetery0.5 mi
- Pilot Grove Number 1 CemeteryBoonville, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Nebo CemeteryTipton, MOCemetery4.1 mi
- Saint Martins CemeteryBoonville, MOCemetery4.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryBoonville, MOCemetery4.9 mi
- Briscoe CemeteryTipton, MOCemetery5.1 mi
- Sowers CemeterySedalia, MOCemetery6.5 mi
- New Lebanon CemeteryTipton, MOCemetery7.0 mi
- Herndon CemeteryBoonville, MOCemetery7.3 mi
- Mt. Moriah CemeterySedalia, MOCemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Vernon Cemetery
- Howard-Millard Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-3381
- H T May & Son Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-5404
- William Wood Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2495
- Thacher Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2311
- Markland-Yager Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · New Franklin · (660) 848-2345
- Alexander-May Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Sedalia · (660) 827-0585
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