About Founders Memorial Cemetery
Founders Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 1.0 mi northeast of Houston. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including John Kirby Allen and James Collinsworth. The nearest funeral home we know of is imperial funeral homes in Houston, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Houston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Founders Memorial Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- John Kirby Allen1810-1838Co-founder of Houston, Texas in 1836
- James Collinsworth1806-1838Texan attorney
People whose Wikidata entry gives Founders Memorial 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
29.75747, -95.37914
What Founders Memorial 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.
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Funeral homes near Founders Memorial Cemetery
- imperial funeral homes0.5 miFuneral home · Houston · (844) 314-5782
- LHT Funeral Services0.5 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 525-9081
- Funeraria Del Angel Of Pasaden0.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 472-8707
- Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 521-0066
- Funeraria Del Angel Crespo Navigation2.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 370-1488
- Twinwood Mortuary Service, Inc.2.1 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 526-1234
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