About Plainview Cemetery
Plainview Cemetery is a cemetery near Plainview, Hale County, Texas. It lies about 0.6 mi northeast of Plainview. The grounds sit at about 3,366 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including W. Michael Mathes and Joe Reeder Foote. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365377. The nearest other listed cemetery is Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lemons Funeral Home in Plainview, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Hale County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Plainview. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Plainview Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 World War II veteran.
- W. Michael Mathes1936-2012Historian
- Joe Reeder Foote1919-2004Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1949
People whose Wikidata entry gives Plainview 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
34.17740, -101.71313
What Plainview 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
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryPlainview, TXCemetery0.1 mi
- Parklawn Memorial GardensPlainview, TXMemorial park3.3 mi
- Running Water CemeteryPlainview, TXCemetery11 mi
- Hale Center CemeteryHale Center, TXCemetery11 mi
- Kress CemeteryPlainview, TXCemetery12 mi
- Halfway CemeteryHale Center, TXCemetery13 mi
- Irick CemeteryLockney, TXCemetery13 mi
- Wright CemeteryTulia, TXCemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Plainview Cemetery
- Sadler Monument Works - Plainview0.4 miMonument dealer · Plainview · (806) 296-2953
- Lemons Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Plainview · (806) 296-5566
- Kornerstone Funeral Directors1.9 miFuneral home · Plainview · (806) 296-0055
- Bartley Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Plainview · (806) 293-2225
- Ramage Funeral Directors11 miFuneral home · Hale Center · (806) 839-2626
- Moore-Rose Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Lockney · (806) 652-2211
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