About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. It lies about 1.3 mi south of Dallas. The grounds sit at about 479 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Lewis Cabell and Robert E. Burke. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336997. The nearest other listed cemetery is Emanu - El Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Martin Oaks Cemetery & Crematory, Inc. in Dallas, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 134 cemeteries we list in Dallas County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 8 of the 134 listings in Dallas County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dallas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 5 Civil War veterans, 4 business leaders, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician.
- Nelson Bunker Hunt1926-2014American businessman
- William Lewis Cabell1827-191114th, 16th and 20th mayor of Dallas
- Robert E. Burke1847-1901American politician
- Vivian Louise Aunspaugh1869-1960American painter
- Alexander White1816-1893American politician
- John Henry Brown1820-1895American historian, Texas politician
- Nathaniel Macon Burford1824-1898Confederate Army officer, judge
- Ormond Simkins1879-1921American football player
- Seth Shepard1847-1917United States federal judge
- William Stewart Simkins1842-1929Confederate Army soldier
- C.C. Slaughter1837-1919American rancher
- Frank W. Wozencraft1892-1966American politician
Show all 22 notable burials
- Ira P. DeLoache1879-1965American real estate developer
- J. M. Howell1849-1925American horticulturist and politician
- William H. Gaston1840-1927American businessman
- Cora Behrends1865-1938American Music teacher, pianist and composer
- Sarah Horton Cockrell1819-1892Texas pioneer and businesswoman
- Dela Slaughter Wright1866-1956Heiress
- Gottlieb Heinrich Schoellkopf1849-1926Wealthy merchant of Dallas, TX
- Hedwig Boll1855-1901
- Louise Grundy Dickinson1848-1935
- Philip Lindsley1842-1911Dallas Judge
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
32.80099, -96.79813
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
- Emanu - El Cemetery2525 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TXJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Freedman's Memorial CemeteryDallas, TXChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery1.7 mi
- Pioneer Park CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery1.7 mi
- Trinity Farms-Rancho Grande CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.1 mi
- Daniel CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.4 mi
- Oak Cliff CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Oakland CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Western Heights CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Confederate CemeteryDallas, TXCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Martin Oaks Cemetery & Crematory, Inc.1.2 miCremation provider · Dallas · (800) 475-6656
- Acremation1.2 miFuneral home · Dallas · (972) 805-4525
- Eternal Cremations1.2 miCremation provider · Dallas · (972) 532-2340
- Solid Rock Monument1.2 miMonument dealer · Dallas · (972) 850-8057
- Angelyss Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Dallas · (214) 824-5288
- Simple Cremation-dallas2.7 miCremation provider · Dallas · (214) 935-5360
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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