About Walnut Ridge Cemetery
Walnut Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery near Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It lies about 1.2 mi south of Fayette. The grounds sit at about 758 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Frank P. Briggs and Walter K. Chorn. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 728324. The nearest other listed cemetery is Davis Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carr Yager Funeral Home in Fayette, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Howard County, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fayette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Walnut Ridge Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 US senator.
- Frank P. Briggs1894-1992American politician
- Walter K. Chorn1885-1933American football player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Walnut Ridge 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
39.16253, -92.68517
What Walnut Ridge 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
- Davis CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery0.1 mi
- Pritchett CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Fayette City CemeteryFayette, MOMunicipal cemetery1.5 mi
- Hill CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Snell CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Watts CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.2 mi
- Jackson CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.4 mi
- Patterson CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Pulliam CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery2.8 mi
- Brooks CemeteryFayette, MOCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Walnut Ridge Cemetery
- Carr Yager Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Fayette · (660) 248-2244
- Friemonth-Freese Funeral Services9.7 miFuneral home · Glasgow · (660) 338-2316
- Markland-Yager Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · New Franklin · (660) 848-2345
- Thacher Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2311
- William Wood Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-2495
- H T May & Son Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Boonville · (660) 882-5404
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