About Hillsboro Cemetery
Hillsboro Cemetery is a cemetery near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. It lies about 1.0 mi southwest of Hillsboro. The grounds sit at about 1,007 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Allen Trimble, Joseph J. McDowell and John Armstrong Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806557. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Turner & Son Funeral Homes and Crematory in Hillsboro, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 156 cemeteries we list in Highland County, and 85 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hillsboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hillsboro Cemetery
Among them: 4 US representatives, 1 baseball player, 1 governor, 1 World War I veteran.
- Allen Trimble1783-1870American politician
- Joseph J. McDowell1800-1877American politician
- John Armstrong Smith1814-1892American politician
- Wilbur McKee White1890-1973(1890-1973) American politician
- Jacob J. Pugsley1838-1920American politician
- Kirby White1884-1943American baseball player
- James Madison Trimble1808-1874
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- Joseph McDowell Trimble1807-1891American Methodist Episcopal minister
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hillsboro 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
39.21479, -83.60353
What Hillsboro 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 Marys CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery0.4 mi
- Fenner Number 3 CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery2.4 mi
- Fenner Number 2 CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery2.9 mi
- Fenner Number 1 CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- Strain CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.2 mi
- Hansbrough CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.2 mi
- Creek CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.3 mi
- Zink CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.3 mi
- Swadley CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.4 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryHillsboro, OHCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Hillsboro Cemetery
- Turner & Son Funeral Homes and Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Hillsboro · (937) 393-2124
- Turner Funeral Home and Crematory0.5 miCremation provider · Hillsboro
- Rhoads Edgington Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Hillsboro · (937) 393-1435
- Edgington Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Hillsboro
- Thompson Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.0 miFuneral home · Hillsboro
- Thompson Funeral Home & Cremation Care1.0 miFuneral home · Hillsboro · (937) 393-2373
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