About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Joseph, DeKalb County, Missouri. It lies about 13 mi west of Saint Joseph. The grounds sit at about 942 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 741974. The nearest other listed cemetery is Todd Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory in St Joseph, about 9.5 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Joseph. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.78471, -94.59801
What Thornton 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
- Todd CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery1.9 mi
- Stone CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.7 mi
- Bowen CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery2.8 mi
- Clarksdale CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Joseph Cemetery OldSaint Joseph, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Silver CemeteryMaysville, MOCemetery4.0 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery4.5 mi
- De Kalb CemeteryMaysville, MOCemetery4.7 mi
- Minor CemeterySaint Joseph, MOCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory9.5 miCremation provider · St Joseph · (816) 232-3366
- Heaton Bowman Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel11 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-3355
- American Board of Funeral Service Education12 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 233-3747
- Hixson-Klein Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Gower · (816) 424-6481
- Bullock Family Funeral Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · St Joseph · (816) 364-2301
- Simplify Cremations & Funerals13 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-2722
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