About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 7.1 mi east of Houston. The grounds sit at about 69 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Chloe Jones, Julissa Gomez and Warren Switzer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376864. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beth El Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Woodlawn Funeral Home Garden of Memories in Houston, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 39 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 Woodlawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 basketball player.
- Chloe Jones1975-2005American pornographic actress and model
- Julissa Gomez1972-1991American gymnast
- Warren Switzer1925-1972American basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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
29.78753, -95.47775
What Woodlawn 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
- Beth El CemeteryHouston, TXJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Hillendahl Family CemeteryHouston, TXFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Saint Peters United Church of Christ CemeteryHouston, TXChurch cemetery2.3 mi
- Morse-Bragg CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.5 mi
- Vollmer-Niemann CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Adath Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXJewish cemetery4.8 mi
- College Memorial Park CemeteryHouston, TXMemorial park4.9 mi
- Beth Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- Woodlawn Funeral Home Garden of Memories0.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 682-3663
- Woodlawn Funeral Homes0.2 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 682-0517
- Earthman Funeral Directors0.7 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 465-8900
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of Houston0.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 526-4267
- Vazquez Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 468-2524
- Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors2.2 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 789-3005
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