About Washington Park Cemetery
Washington Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Woodson Terrace, St. Louis County, Missouri. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Woodson Terrace. The grounds sit at about 627 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Rich Parks, Frank Lunsford Williams and Eric Washington. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 756868. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lake Charles Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Shepard Funeral Chapel in St. Louis, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in St. Louis County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in St. Louis County dates to 1866. 12 of the 104 listings in St. Louis County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Woodson Terrace. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Washington Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 basketball player.
- Rich Parks1943-1978American basketball player
- Frank Lunsford Williams1864-1953American educator, civic leader
- Eric Washington1950-1984American football player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington Park 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
38.73020, -90.34297
What Washington Park 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
- Lake Charles CemeteryBel-Nor, MOCemetery2.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryHanley Hills, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- CCVI Sisters CemeteryBel-Nor, MOCemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Lebanon CemeterySaint Ann, MOCemetery2.9 mi
- Valhalla CemeteryHanley Hills, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Daughters of Charity GraveyardBel-Nor, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryHazelwood, MOCemetery3.1 mi
- Zion CemeteryPagedale, MOCemetery3.3 mi
- Fee Fee CemeterySaint Ann, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryPagedale, MOCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Park Cemetery
- Shepard Funeral Chapel0.8 miFuneral chapel · St. Louis · (314) 426-6000
- Ortmann Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Overland · (314) 427-2222
- White-mullen Mortuary2.3 miMortuary · Saint Louis · (314) 521-1500
- Cotten Branch Mortuary and Cremation Services2.3 miCremation provider · Ferguson · (314) 521-2455
- Austin Layne Normandy Chapel2.6 miFuneral home · Normandy · (314) 381-6900
- Valhalla Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Cemetery2.9 miCremation provider · St. Louis · (314) 721-4900
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