About Watkins Cemetery
Watkins Cemetery is a cemetery near Lawson, Clay County, Missouri. It lies about 3.6 mi northeast of Lawson. The grounds sit at about 1,004 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 728416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilson Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hidden Valley Funeral Home Of Lawson in Lawson, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Clay County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Clay County dates to 1845. 3 of the 63 listings in Clay County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lawson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.41065, -94.26028
What Watkins 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
- Wilson CemeteryLawson, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Civil War CemeteryLawson, MOCemetery2.4 mi
- Bethel Presbyterian CemeteryKearney, MOPresbyterian cemetery3.0 mi
- Crowley CemeteryKearney, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Lawson CemeteryLawson, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryKearney, MOCemetery4.1 mi
- Antioch CemeteryKearney, MOCemetery4.5 mi
- Oakland CemeteryLathrop, MOCemetery4.6 mi
- Crown Hill CemeteryExcelsior Springs, MOCemetery4.6 mi
- Hillcrest Excelsior CemeteryExcelsior Springs, MOCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Watkins Cemetery
- Hidden Valley Funeral Home Of Lawson3.5 miFuneral home · Lawson · (816) 296-5000
- Bross & Spidle Funeral Home & Cremation Service5.1 miFuneral home · Excelsior Springs · (816) 630-3132
- Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Kearney5.6 miFuneral home · Kearney · (816) 903-8888
- Hidden Valley Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Excelsior Springs · (816) 637-3000
- Fry-Bross-Spidle Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Kearney · (816) 628-4411
- Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs7.7 miFuneral home · Excelsior Springs · (816) 637-3000
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