About Hollywood Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery is a cemetery in Houston, Harris County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 49 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Lynch Davidson, Seger Ellis and George Whiteman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1374113. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hernandez Funeral Home Houston in Houston, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 45 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.
Notable people buried at Hollywood Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 musician.
- Lynch Davidson1873-1952American politician
- Seger Ellis1904-1995American musician
- George Whiteman1882-1947American baseball player
- Henry Philemon Attwater1854-1931American naturalist
- Hortense Sparks Ward1872-1944American lawyer and women's rights activist
- Mollie Arline Kirkland Bailey1841-1918American circus performer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hollywood 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
29.79106, -95.36772
What Hollywood 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
- Holy Cross Cemetery3502 North Main Street, Houston, TXChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- Confederate CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.5 mi
- Adath Emeth Cemetery1540 Sylvester Road, Houston, TX · est. 1919Jewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Olivewood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery2.0 mi
- Glenwood Cemetery2525 Washington Avenue, Houston, TX · est. 1871Church cemetery2.0 mi
- Washington CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.2 mi
- Founders Memorial CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.4 mi
- Beth Israel Cemetery1207 West Dallas Street, Houston, TXJewish cemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Hollywood Cemetery
- Hernandez Funeral Home Houston0.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (832) 623-6844
- KIRK MORTUARY SERVICE OF HOUSTON1.3 miMortuary · Houston · (800) 825-4603
- Heights Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 862-8844
- Pryority Mortuary Services1.9 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 699-0310
- Sacred Hope Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 223-3707
- Allen Mortuary1.9 miMortuary · Houston · (713) 742-0551
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Hollywood Cemetery located?
Hollywood Cemetery is at 3506 North Main Street, Houston, TX 77009 in Harris County. GPS coordinates: 29.79106, -95.36772.
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