About Washington Cemetery
Washington Cemetery is a cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 1.5 mi east of Houston. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Peck Kelley and Moritz Philipp Georg Tiling. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376652. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glenwood Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is LHT Funeral Services in Houston, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 40 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 Washington Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician, 1 writer.
- Peck Kelley1898-1980American musician
- Moritz Philipp Georg Tiling1850-1916Author of History of the German element in Texas from 1820-1850
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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
29.76541, -95.38821
What Washington 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
- Glenwood Cemetery2525 Washington Avenue, Houston, TX · est. 1871Church cemetery0.2 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery0.4 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery0.5 mi
- Olivewood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery0.7 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery0.7 mi
- Beth Israel Cemetery1207 West Dallas Street, Houston, TXJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- Founders Memorial CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery0.8 mi
- Beth Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.0 mi
- Adath Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXJewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Confederate CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Washington Cemetery
- LHT Funeral Services0.3 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 525-9081
- imperial funeral homes0.4 miFuneral home · Houston · (844) 314-5782
- Funeraria Del Angel Of Pasaden1.5 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 472-8707
- Santana Funeral Directors2.0 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 880-2828
- Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 521-0066
- Heights Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 862-8844
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