About Floral Hills Cemetery
Floral Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri. It lies about 1.5 mi northeast of Raytown. The grounds sit at about 1,017 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Claude T. Smith and Holless Wilbur Allen. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 718035. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Newcomer’s Floral Hills Funeral Home & Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 51 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 Floral Hills Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician.
- Claude T. Smith1932-1987American conductor and composer
- Holless Wilbur Allen1909-1979American archer, inventor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Floral Hills 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
38.99722, -94.48800
What Floral Hills 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 Olivet CemeteryRaytown, MOCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Rice CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Thomas H. SwopeRaytown, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Collings CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryRaytown, MOMemorial park1.8 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryRaytown, MOJewish cemetery2.0 mi
- Green Lawn CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Brooking CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery2.5 mi
- Palestine CemeteryRaytown, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Twelve Gates Memorial GardensRaytown, MOMemorial park3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Floral Hills Cemetery
- Newcomer’s Floral Hills Funeral Home & Floral Hills Cemetery0.2 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 353-1218
- Heartland Cremation & Burial Society1.7 miCremation provider · Raytown · (816) 353-1700
- Park Lawn Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 523-1233
- Charter Funerals2.5 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 921-5555
- Marcom-Harvey Funeral Care2.7 miFuneral home · Kansas City · (816) 763-9100
- Serenity Memorial Chapel3.7 miFuneral chapel · Kansas City · (816) 599-2939
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