About Orient Cemetery
Orient Cemetery is a cemetery near Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Harrisonville. The grounds sit at about 1,027 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Henry Washington Younger, Sterling A. Galt and Charles Lee Younger. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 723846. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakland Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dickey Funeral Homes Inc in Harrisonville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Cass County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cass County dates to 1875.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harrisonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Orient Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Henry Washington Younger1810-1862Missouri mayor
- Sterling A. Galt1866-1908United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles Lee Younger1783-185428 Dec 1779 - 12 Nov 1854
People whose Wikidata entry gives Orient 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
38.65806, -94.31938
What Orient 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
- Oakland CemeteryHarrisonville, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Pitts Chapel CemeteryHarrisonville, MOChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Glenn CemeteryHarrisonville, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Harris CemeteryHarrisonville, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Brown Family CemeteryHarrisonville, MOFamily cemetery4.1 mi
- Burford CemeteryHarrisonville, MOCemetery5.2 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryGarden City, MOCemetery6.2 mi
- Clearfork CemeteryGarden City, MOCemetery6.4 mi
- Reed CemeteryGarden City, MOCemetery6.4 mi
- Wills CemeteryPeculiar, MOCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Orient Cemetery
- Dickey Funeral Homes Inc0.4 miFuneral home · Harrisonville · (816) 884-6244
- Si Memorials1.6 miMonument dealer · Harrisonville · (816) 884-3047
- Atkinson Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Harrisonville · (816) 380-3268
- Complete Cremation & Funeral Service2.6 miFuneral home · Harrisonville · (816) 631-0303
- Stonegate Crematorium2.6 miCremation provider · Harrisonville · (816) 887-5700
- Stanley-Edenburn Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Pleasant Hill · (816) 540-5550
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