About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Lexington. The grounds sit at about 2,398 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bill Barrett. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1989946. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Anns Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Reynolds_love Funeral Home in Lexington, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Dawson County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lexington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Bill Barrett1929-2016United States Navy sailor and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.79556, -99.72844
What Greenwood 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
- Saint Anns CemeteryLexington, NECemetery1.5 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryLexington, NECemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryLexington, NECemetery3.7 mi
- Hewitt CemeteryLexington, NECemetery5.1 mi
- Hillside Lutheran CemeteryLexington, NELutheran cemetery7.5 mi
- Grace CemeteryCozad, NECemetery8.4 mi
- Robb CemeteryLexington, NECemetery8.7 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryCozad, NELutheran cemetery9.6 mi
- Overton CemeteryLexington, NECemetery12 mi
- Cozad CemeteryCozad, NECemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Reynolds_love Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Lexington · (308) 324-2221
- Berryman Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Cozad · (308) 784-3000
- Elwood Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Elwood · (308) 785-2514
- Blase Strauser Memorial Chapel24 miFuneral chapel · Gothenburg · (308) 537-2313
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