About Otterbein Cemetery
Otterbein Cemetery is a cemetery near Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio. The grounds sit at about 846 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Benjamin Hanby, Milton Barnes and Harry W. Ewing. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1044220. The nearest other listed cemetery is Olde Methodist Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hill Funeral Home in Westerville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 207 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 74 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, Westerville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Otterbein Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 journalist, 1 musician.
- Benjamin Hanby1833-1867American composer
- Milton Barnes1830-1895American politician
- Harry W. Ewing1886-1962American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
- Lillian Resler Harford1851-1939American church organizer, editor, author
- Purley Baker1858-1924American activist
- Dan O'Brien, Sr.1929-2017American baseball executive
- Ernest Cherrington1877-1950American activist
- Howard Hyde Russell1855-1946American activist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Otterbein 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
40.12138, -82.93530
What Otterbein 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
- Olde Methodist CemeteryWesterville, OHMethodist cemetery0.5 mi
- West Pioneer CemeteryWesterville, OHCemetery1.2 mi
- Northlawn Memory GardensWesterville, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Central Blendon CemeteryHuber Ridge, OHCemetery2.4 mi
- Tussic Street CemeteryWesterville, OHCemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Pauls Lutheran CemeteryWesterville, OHLutheran cemetery3.2 mi
- Flint CemeteryWorthington, OHCemetery4.0 mi
- Red Banks CemeteryWesterville, OHCemetery4.2 mi
- Union CemeteryWesterville, OHCemetery4.3 mi
- Pontifical College Josephinum CemeteryWorthington, OHCatholic cemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Otterbein Cemetery
- Darden Memorials0.3 miMonument dealer · Westerville · (614) 899-0010
- Hill Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Westerville · (614) 882-2121
- Moreland Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Westerville · (614) 882-2197
- Skunza Funeral Service2.4 miFuneral home · Columbus
- Long Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Minerva Park
- Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions2.8 miFuneral home · Columbus · (614) 818-1188
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