About Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery is a cemetery near Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. It lies about 1.2 mi west of Washington Court House. The grounds sit at about 958 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Harry Micajah Daugherty, Mills Gardner and Matilda Gilruth Carpenter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071586. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Colmans Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Washington Court House. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Washington Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Harry Micajah Daugherty1860-1941United States Attorney General
- Mills Gardner1830-1910American politician
- Matilda Gilruth Carpenter1831-1923American temperance activist, writer
- Lois Lampe1896-1978Botanist and educator
- Maude Martin Evers1892-1953American artist and illustrator
- Isaac H. Carmin1841-1919Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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
39.53895, -83.41714
What Washington 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 Colmans CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Old Washington CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery1.3 mi
- Sugar Creek CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.1 mi
- Hyer CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.2 mi
- Highlawn Memory GardensWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.2 mi
- Bloomingburg CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.5 mi
- Johnson CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.7 mi
- Archer CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.7 mi
- Davis CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery4.9 mi
- Bush CemeteryWashington Court House, OHCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Cemetery
- Fayette County Monuments0.4 miMonument dealer · Washington Court House · (740) 335-8770
- Kirkpatrick Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Washington Court House · (740) 335-0701
- Roberts Funeral Home & Cremation Services0.9 miFuneral home · Washington Court House · (740) 335-3342
- Morrow Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Washington Court House · (740) 335-2590
- Summers Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Wshngtn Ct Hs · (740) 335-6078
- Kirkpatrick Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · New Holland · (740) 495-5216
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