About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. It lies about 7.8 mi southwest of Independence. The grounds sit at about 938 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 718164. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chiles Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Royer's New Salem Funeral Home in Independence, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Jackson County dates to 1842. 1 of the 83 listings in Jackson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Independence. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.15194, -94.29355
What Franklin 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
- Chiles CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery0.6 mi
- Rice CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery0.7 mi
- Hudspeth CemeteryBuckner, MOCemetery1.0 mi
- Drake CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery1.0 mi
- Douglass CemeteryBuckner, MOCemetery2.2 mi
- Oak Ridge Memory GardensIndependence, MOCemetery5.0 mi
- Buckner Hill CemeteryBuckner, MOCemetery5.4 mi
- Lobb CemeteryBlue Springs, MOCemetery5.6 mi
- Mann CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery5.7 mi
- Sibley CemeteryBuckner, MOCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Royer's New Salem Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Independence · (816) 796-8600
- Speaks Buckner Chapel5.0 miFuneral home · Buckner
- Charter Funerals7.3 miFuneral home · Independence · (816) 921-5555
- Kansas City Funerals & Cemeteries7.3 miFuneral home · Grain Valley · (816) 463-4030
- Valor-Brown Funeral Service / Valor Park Memorial Gardens7.4 miFuneral home · Grain Valley · (816) 295-8821
- Charter Funerals7.6 miFuneral home · Independence · (816) 833-3754
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