About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota. It lies about 1.4 mi northeast of Brookings. The grounds sit at about 1,660 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including George S. Mickelson, Stanley Marshall and Bruce Linn Miller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1255364. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rude's Funeral Home in Brookings, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Brookings County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brookings. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 scientists, 1 governor.
- George S. Mickelson1941-1993American politician
- Stanley Marshall1927-1980American football coach
- Bruce Linn Miller1923-2007American physicist
- Emma Pammel Hansen1874-1904American chemist and biologist
- George Lincoln Brown1869-1950Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1900
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
44.29663, -96.81671
What Greenwood 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
- Calvary CemeteryBrookings, SDCemetery0.1 mi
- First Lutheran CemeteryBrookings, SDLutheran cemetery0.4 mi
- A Prairie CemeteryBrookings, SDCemetery1.3 mi
- Kirby CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery3.7 mi
- Scandinavian Lutheran CemeteryBrookings, SDLutheran cemetery3.9 mi
- First Lutheran CemeteryVolga, SDLutheran cemetery5.7 mi
- East Lake Campbell CemeteryBrookings, SDCemetery6.0 mi
- Bethania CemeteryVolga, SDCemetery6.2 mi
- Sterling Lutheran CemeteryBrookings, SDLutheran cemetery6.4 mi
- Saint Wiliams Catholic CemeteryBrookings, SDCatholic cemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Rude's Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Brookings · (605) 692-6221
- Eidsness Funeral and Cremation Services2.0 miCremation provider · Brookings · (605) 692-6384
- Johnson-Henry Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Arlington · (605) 983-5511
- Eidsness Funeral Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Flandreau
- Skroch Funeral Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Elkton · (605) 997-2431
- Geise Funeral Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Estelline · (605) 873-2211
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