About Lone Mountain Cemetery
Lone Mountain Cemetery is a cemetery near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada. It lies about 2.5 mi east of Lovelock. The grounds sit at about 4,003 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Wayde Preston, Louise Aloys Smith and Florence Anker Young. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 841770. The nearest other listed cemetery is Big Meadow Cemetery, about 4.0 mi to the south. It is one of 3 cemeteries we list in Pershing County, and 1 other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lovelock. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lone Mountain Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 Korean War veteran.
- Wayde Preston1929-1992American actor
- Louise Aloys Smith1917-1999American politician and community leader
- Florence Anker Young1890-1976American reporter
- Virginia Moreira Moura1910-1994American county recorder and rancher
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.
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