About Fairfax Cemetery
Fairfax Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairfax, Osage County, Oklahoma. It lies about 0.9 mi northeast of Fairfax. The grounds sit at about 860 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Maria Tallchief, Vince Dillon and Alexander Joseph Tall Chief. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1092691. The nearest other listed cemetery is Haskell Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home in Fairfax, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Osage County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairfax. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairfax Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Maria Tallchief1925-2013American ballerina
- Vince Dillon1866-1931American photographer and postcard publisher
- Alexander Joseph Tall Chief1890-1959Member of the Osage Nation
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairfax 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
36.56226, -96.71114
What Fairfax 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
- Haskell CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery0.8 mi
- Geyhorse Indian Village CemeteryFairfax, OKMunicipal cemetery4.0 mi
- Ralston CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery4.4 mi
- Drake CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery4.8 mi
- Riverside CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery4.9 mi
- Bell CemeteryPawnee, OKCemetery9.0 mi
- Wheeler CemeteryPawnee, OKCemetery9.5 mi
- Burbank CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery9.7 mi
- Whitehorn CemeteryFairfax, OKCemetery9.8 mi
- Endicott CemeteryPawnee, OKCemetery10 mi
Funeral homes near Fairfax Cemetery
- Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Fairfax · (918) 642-3228
- Poteet Funeral Home and Cremation Services16 miFuneral home · Pawnee · (918) 762-2557
- Powell Funeral & Cremation Services20 miCremation provider · Hominy · (918) 885-2128
- Kendrick McCartney Johnson Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Pawhuska · (918) 287-2297
- Johnson Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Pawhuska
- Chapman-Black Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (918) 358-2511
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