About Bowan Cemetery
Bowan Cemetery is a cemetery near La Plata, Knox County, Missouri. It lies about 9.6 mi west of La Plata. The grounds sit at about 840 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 714566. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hazel Dell Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Travis Funeral Chapel in La Plata, about 9.7 mi away. It is one of 53 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Knox County dates to 1853.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, La Plata. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.97392, -92.32212
What Bowan 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
- Hazel Dell CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery0.4 mi
- Cupp CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery0.6 mi
- Blanchard CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Sue City CemeteryLa Plata, MOMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- Eucebia CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Locust Hill CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery4.2 mi
- Shelton CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery4.9 mi
- Epperson CemeteryLa Plata, MOCemetery5.1 mi
- Cherry Box CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Bowan Cemetery
- Travis Funeral Chapel9.7 miFuneral chapel · La Plata · (660) 332-7145
- Elliott Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (660) 239-4512
- Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel16 miFuneral chapel · Edina · (660) 397-2233
- Doss Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Edina · (660) 397-3300
- Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Macon · (660) 385-2136
- Hutton & McElwain Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Macon · (660) 385-5721
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