About Mount Moriah Cemetery
Mount Moriah Cemetery is a cemetery near Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. The grounds sit at about 4,819 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok and Seth Bullock. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1262096. The nearest other listed cemetery is Seth Bullock Grave, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Lead Deadwood Funeral Chapel in Lead, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Deadwood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Calamity Jane1852-1903American scout and frontierswoman
- Wild Bill Hickok1837-1876American folk hero and lawman
- Seth Bullock1849-1919(1849-1919) American lawman, businessman
- Dora DuFran1868-1934Brothel madame
- Granville G. Bennett1833-1910American politician
- Kitty Leroy1850-1879American saloon owner
- Henry Weston Smith1827-1876American murder victim
- Martha Bullock1851-1939Pioneer
- Lucien White Stilwell1844-1932American dealer of naturalia and ethnography
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Moriah 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
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What Mount Moriah 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
- Seth Bullock GraveDeadwood, SDCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Ambrose CemeteryDeadwood, SDCemetery0.4 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryDeadwood, SDCemetery2.5 mi
- South Lead CemeteryLead, SDCemetery2.7 mi
- West Lead CemeteryLead, SDCemetery3.2 mi
- Galena CemeteryDeadwood, SDCemetery4.9 mi
- Terry CemeteryLead, SDCemetery5.3 mi
- Crook City CemeterySturgis, SDMunicipal cemetery6.8 mi
- Anderson CemeteryDeadwood, SDCemetery7.0 mi
- Carbonate CemeterySpearfish, SDCemetery7.2 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Moriah Cemetery
- Lead Deadwood Funeral Chapel3.0 miFuneral chapel · Lead · (605) 584-1561
- Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Isburg Crematory10 miCremation provider · Spearfish · (605) 642-2633
- Black Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Sturgis · (605) 347-2522
- Kinkade Funeral Chapel11 miFuneral chapel · Sturgis · (605) 347-3336
- Black Hills Monument Co17 miMonument dealer · Belle Fourche · (605) 892-2384
- Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills21 miFuneral home · Belle Fourche · (605) 892-3320
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