About Lone Mountain Cemetery
Lone Mountain Cemetery is a cemetery near Carson City, Carson City, Nevada. It lies about 1.0 mi southwest of Carson City. The grounds sit at about 4,708 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Tasker Oddie, John Edward Jones and John Henry Kinkead. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 860404. The nearest other listed cemetery is Carson Gardens Cemetary, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Capitol City Cremation in Carson City, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 4 cemeteries we list in Carson City, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carson City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lone Mountain Cemetery
Among them: 6 governors, 4 journalists, 2 scientists, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Tasker Oddie1870-1950American politician
- John Edward Jones1840-1896American politician
- John Henry Kinkead1826-19043rd Governor of Nevada and 1st Governor of the District of Alaska
- Denver S. Dickerson1872-192511th Governor of Nevada from the Silver, Democratic coalition party.
- Roswell K. Colcord1839-1939American politician
- Reinhold Sadler1848-1906American politician
- Horace F. Bartine1848-1918American politician
- William Woodburn1838-1915American politician
- Philip Verrill Mighels1869-1911American author
- Henry C. Davis1848-1889American politician in Nevada
- Henry Rust Mighels1830-1879American journalist and politician
- Jessie Milliken1877-1951American botanist
Show all 33 notable burials
- Samuel Post Davis1850-1918American journalist
- George Myron Sabin1833-1890United States federal judge
- Henry Freeman Rice1818-1877American businessman
- Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis1844-1945American journalist and newspaper publisher
- Eduardo Sencion1979-2011American mass murderer
- Anne Hudnall Martin1857-1928American superintendent and newspaper owner
- Charles W. Friend1835-1907Prussian American scientist and weather service director
- Clara M. Crisler1882-1957American historian
- Dixie Westergard1935-2007American educator and historian
- Elizabeth Fall Kinkead1837-1907Wife of Nevada governor John Henry Kinkead
- Elizabeth Jones-Sifford1861-1925Wife of Nevada governor John E. Jones
- Ellen G. Oddie1841-1914Mother of Nevada governor Tasker Oddie
- Ernest Loeb Inwood1906-2002Economist
- Hayward H. Howe1840-1910Professor of education
- Ira L. Winters1877-1949American politician
- James C. Davis1925-2009American professor of education and academic administrator
- Louisa Zadow Sadler1851-1923Wife of Nevada governor Reinhold Sadler
- Mary Hopkins Colcord1847-1923Wife of Nevada governor Roswell Colcord
- Patrick Howard Mulcahy1846-1922American newspaper publisher
- Therése Alpetche Laxalt1891-1978Basque American hotel and restaurant owner
- Una Dickerson1881-1959Wife of Nevada governor Denver Dickerson
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lone Mountain 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
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What Lone Mountain 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
- Carson Gardens CemetaryCarson City, NVCemetery0.4 mi
- Empire CemeteryCarson City, NVCemetery2.9 mi
- Stewart Cemetery111 Clear Creek Avenue, Carson City, NVCemetery4.1 mi
- Jacks Valley CemeteryIndian Hills, NVCemetery7.9 mi
- Franktown Creek CemeteryIncline Village, NVCemetery8.3 mi
- Catholic CemeteryVirginia City, NVCatholic cemetery8.8 mi
- Masonic CemeteryVirginia City, NVCemetery9.2 mi
- Dayton CemeteryDayton, NVCemetery9.6 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryVirginia City, NVCemetery11 mi
- Fireman CemeteryVirginia City, NVCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Lone Mountain Cemetery
- Capitol City Cremation0.5 miCremation provider · Carson City · (775) 882-1766
- Nevada Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Carson City · (775) 883-5500
- Autumn Funerals & Cremations1.2 miFuneral home · Carson City · (775) 888-6800
- FitzHenry's Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Carson City · (775) 882-2644
- Eastside Funeral Home and Cremation11 miFuneral home · Minden · (775) 908-9225
- FitzHenry's Carson Valley Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Minden · (775) 782-1999
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.