About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Melissa, Collin County, Texas. It lies about 1.8 mi south of Melissa. The grounds sit at about 659 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Kewpie Morgan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359204. The nearest other listed cemetery is Coffman Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Alstyne, about 7.6 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Collin County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 103 listings in Collin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Melissa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 writer.
- Kewpie Morgan1892-1956American actor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
33.31206, -96.56888
What Highland 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
- Coffman CemeteryAnna, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Melissa CemeteryMelissa, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Lair CemeteryAnna, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Brinlee CemeteryAnna, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Alexander CemeteryAnna, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Chambersville CemeteryMelissa, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Wilson CemeteryMelissa, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Stony Point CemeteryMelissa, TXCemetery4.6 mi
- Stoney Point CemeteryMelissa, TXCemetery4.6 mi
- Stiff Chapel CemeteryMelissa, TXChurch cemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Scoggins Funeral Home & Crematory7.6 miCremation provider · Van Alstyne · (903) 482-5225
- Charles W. Smith & Sons Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · McKinney · (972) 562-7788
- Belew Funeral Homes8.7 miFuneral home · McKinney · (972) 542-3351
- The Funeral Program Site10 miFuneral home · McKinney · (214) 548-5418
- Turrentine Jackson Morrow Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Allen · (972) 562-2601
- Turrentine Jackson Morrow Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Gunter
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