About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Greenville, Wayne County, Missouri. It lies about 7.4 mi northwest of Greenville. The grounds sit at about 584 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 752537. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kirk Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Morgan Funeral Home in Puxico, about 13 mi away. It is one of 95 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Greenville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.04922, -90.35807
What Thornton 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
- Kirk CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery2.3 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery2.7 mi
- Page CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Center Ridge CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.3 mi
- Berry CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.3 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Garrison CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Kite CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Twidwell Farm CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Helm CemeteryGreenville, MOCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Morgan Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Puxico · (573) 222-3545
- Watkins & Sons Funeral Service, Inc.13 miFuneral home · Puxico · (573) 222-3585
- Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Piedmont · (573) 223-2625
- Ruegg Funeral Homes Inc20 miFuneral home · Piedmont · (573) 223-4242
- Moore Funeral Service20 miFuneral home · Poplar Bluff · (573) 785-1200
- Fitch Hillis Funeral Services20 miFuneral home · Poplar Bluff · (573) 785-9666
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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