About Walnut Grove Cemetery
Walnut Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. The grounds sit at about 709 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Dorsey W. Shackleford, Jacob F. Gmelich and Frederick T. Kemper. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 728304. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Thacher Funeral Home in Boonville, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Cooper County, and 25 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 Walnut Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Dorsey W. Shackleford1853-1936American politician
- Jacob F. Gmelich1839-1914American politician
- Frederick T. Kemper1816-1881American academic
- W. Roy Utz, Jr.1919-2003Mathematician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Walnut Grove 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
38.97169, -92.73240
What Walnut Grove 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
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic CemeteryBoonville, MOCatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Boonville Memorial Gardens CemeteryBoonville, MOMemorial park0.4 mi
- Sunset Hills CemeteryBoonville, MOChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Clarks Chapel CemeteryNew Franklin, MOChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryNew Franklin, MOCemetery4.4 mi
- Robinson CemeteryNew Franklin, MOCemetery5.4 mi
- Drake - Campbell CemeteryNew Franklin, MOCemetery6.0 mi
- Jennings CemeteryNew Franklin, MOCemetery6.0 mi
- Mt. Hermon Baptist Church CemeteryBoonville, MOBaptist cemetery6.2 mi
- Salt Creek CemeteryNew Franklin, MOCemetery6.4 mi
Funeral homes near Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Thacher Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2311
- H T May & Son Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-5404
- William Wood Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2495
- Howard-Millard Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-3381
- Markland-Yager Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · New Franklin · (660) 848-2345
- Carr Yager Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Fayette · (660) 248-2244
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