About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio. It lies about 2.8 mi southwest of Upper Arlington. The grounds sit at about 741 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 26 notable people buried here, including Dave Thomas, Fred Taylor and Albert Benedict Wolfe. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1047276. The nearest other listed cemetery is Amaranth Abbey, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rutherford Funeral Home in Columbus, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 207 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 157 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Franklin County dates to 1813. 3 of the 207 listings in Franklin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Upper Arlington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Cemetery
Among them: 4 football players, 3 baseball players, 3 scientists, 2 artists, 2 World War I veterans, 2 World War II veterans, 1 basketball player, 1 Korean War veteran.
- Dave Thomas1932-2002American restaurant owner and philanthropist
- Fred Taylor1924-2002American baseball player
- Albert Benedict Wolfe1876-1967American economist
- Benny Kauff1890-1961American baseball player
- Buck Rinehart1946-2015American politician
- Hank Gowdy1889-1966American baseball player, coach, manager
- Paul M. Herbert1889-1983American politician
- Chic Harley1894-1974American football player
- John Hicks1951-2016American football player
- Lynn St. John1876-1950American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
- John Wilce1888-1963American football player
- Floyd Stahl1899-1996College athletic coach
Show all 26 notable burials
- Arthur E. Adams1917-2007American historian
- Carl E. Truesdelldied 1950American photographer and postcard publisher
- Conn Baker1870-1944United States athlete, daredevil, artist
- Emerald B. Wilson1896-1975American football coach
- Frank Harsh1894-1956American football and basketball coach
- Silas Martin1841-1906American portrait artist
- William Henry Scott1840-1937President of Ohio State University
- Harry Sylvester Will1886-1967Psychologist, statistician 1886-1967; Ohio State University
- John I. Falconer1888-1963Agricultural economist
- Kurt L. Loening1924-2000American chemist
- Leonard T. Capell1894-1989American chemist
- Michael A. Peppe1898-1979
- Wave Henry Shaffer1909-1995American physics professor
- Wilmer Garfield Stover1881-1961American botanist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union 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
40.02028, -83.02245
What Union 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
- Amaranth AbbeyUpper Arlington, OHCemetery0.2 mi
- Union CemeteryUpper Arlington, OHCemetery0.7 mi
- Kempton CemeteryWorthington, OHCemetery2.8 mi
- McKendree CemeteryColumbus, OHChristian cemetery3.3 mi
- South Front DWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- McGuiniff DWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Mausoleum CWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Circle AWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Bogner CWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryWorthington, OHCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Rutherford Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 299-1153
- Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes2.1 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 262-2600
- Deyo Davis Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 486-2445
- John Quint Treboni Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 294-4416
- Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes2.8 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 299-4155
- Heart and Hope Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Columbus
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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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.