About Ross Cemetery
Ross Cemetery is a cemetery near Park Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of Park Hill. The grounds sit at about 735 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Ross. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1097462. The nearest other listed cemetery is Worcester Mission Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Green Country Funeral Home in Tahlequah, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Park Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ross Cemetery
- John Ross1790-18661st principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ross 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
35.85107, -94.94795
What Ross 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
- Worcester Mission CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery1.0 mi
- Park Hill CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery1.1 mi
- Hendricks CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery4.0 mi
- Greenleaf CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery4.0 mi
- Ross CemeteryTahlequah, OKCemetery4.2 mi
- Tahlequah CemeteryTahlequah, OKCemetery4.9 mi
- Boudinot CemeteryTahlequah, OKCemetery4.9 mi
- Manus CemeteryTahlequah, OKCemetery5.0 mi
- Price CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery5.1 mi
- Chambers CemeteryPark Hill, OKCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Ross Cemetery
- Green Country Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Tahlequah · (918) 458-5055
- Reed-Culver Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Tahlequah · (918) 456-2551
- Hart Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Tahlequah · (918) 456-8823
- Clifford D. Garrett Family Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Fort Gibson · (918) 478-2555
- Kester Family Funeral Service17 miFuneral home · Stilwell · (918) 410-0081
- Hart Funeral Home - Stilwell18 miFuneral home · Stilwell · (918) 696-6996
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