About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Thornport, Perry County, Ohio. It lies about 5.1 mi northwest of Thornport. The grounds sit at about 961 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Gene Mechling. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1041553. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Services in Thornville, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Thornport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 basketball player.
- Gene Mechling1909-1975American basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
39.88176, -82.32309
What Highland 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 Pauls Lutheran CemeterySomerset, OHLutheran cemetery0.5 mi
- Hopewell Methodist Episcopal CemeterySomerset, OHMethodist cemetery2.3 mi
- Good Hope Lutheran CemeteryThornport, OHLutheran cemetery2.3 mi
- Olivet CemeterySomerset, OHCemetery2.5 mi
- Zion Reformed CemeteryThornport, OHCemetery4.1 mi
- Kemper Family CemeteryThornport, OHFamily cemetery4.6 mi
- Somerset CemeterySomerset, OHMethodist cemetery4.9 mi
- Lutheran CemeterySomerset, OHLutheran cemetery5.2 mi
- New Reading CemeterySomerset, OHCemetery5.2 mi
- Methodist Episcopal CemeteryThornport, OHMethodist cemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Services5.3 miCremation provider · Thornville · (740) 246-6334
- Bope-Thomas Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Somerset · (740) 743-1652
- Hoskinson Funeral & Cremation Service11 miCremation provider · Hebron · (740) 928-5391
- Licking County Cremation Center12 miCremation provider · Heath · (740) 522-3716
- Henderson-VanAtta-Stickle Funeral & Cremation Service13 miCremation provider · Newark · (740) 345-9864
- Chute-wiley Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · New Lexington · (740) 342-1273
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