About Eakon Cemetery
Eakon Cemetery is a cemetery near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It lies about 5.8 mi northeast of Jackson. The grounds sit at about 433 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 717238. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beach Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in Cape Girardeau County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cape Girardeau County dates to 1808. 3 of the 104 listings in Cape Girardeau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jackson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.30922, -89.71709
What Eakon 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
- Beach CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery0.6 mi
- Smith CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery0.7 mi
- Zion United Methodist Church CemeteryJackson, MOMethodist cemetery0.7 mi
- Thompson CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.3 mi
- Kinder CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.7 mi
- Hayden CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Young CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Hager CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Summers CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.8 mi
- Statler CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Eakon Cemetery
- Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2541
- McCombs Funeral Home - Jackson6.3 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2424
- Ford & Sons Funeral Homes8.0 miFuneral home · Cape Girardeau · (573) 334-1313
- McCombs Funeral Home - Cape Girardeau8.5 miFuneral home · Cape Girardeau · (573) 335-2424
- Shining Light Memorials & More8.6 miMonument dealer · Cape Girardeau · (618) 641-7432
- Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel9.4 miFuneral chapel · Chaffee · (573) 887-3521
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