About Brooking Cemetery
Brooking Cemetery is a cemetery near Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri. It lies about 1.3 mi south of Raytown. The grounds sit at about 961 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Wade Mountfortt Jr.. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 714743. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Heartland Cremation & Burial Society in Raytown, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 56 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, Raytown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Brooking Cemetery
- Wade Mountfortt Jr.1888-1929American photographer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Brooking 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
39.02694, -94.45995
What Brooking 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
- Mount Carmel CemeteryRaytown, MOJewish cemetery0.6 mi
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- Campground CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery1.8 mi
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- Floral Hills CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery2.5 mi
- Pitcher CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryRaytown, MOCatholic cemetery3.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Lawn Memorial Gardens CemeteryIndependence, MOMemorial park3.4 mi
- Thomas H. SwopeRaytown, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Hill CemeteryIndependence, MOCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Brooking Cemetery
- Heartland Cremation & Burial Society1.1 miCremation provider · Raytown · (816) 353-1700
- Charter Funerals1.1 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 921-5555
- McGilley & Sheil Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.3 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 353-6555
- Newcomer’s Floral Hills Funeral Home & Floral Hills Cemetery2.4 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 353-1218
- Clarke and Sons Funeral Home, LLC3.8 miFuneral home · Independence · (816) 800-4148
- Frisbie Monuments3.8 miMonument dealer · Independence · (816) 833-5111
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