About Provo City Cemetery
Provo City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Provo, Utah County, Utah. The grounds sit at about 4,550 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 41 notable people buried here, including Philo Farnsworth, Gail Halvorsen and Reed Owen Smoot. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1448878. The nearest other listed cemetery is Springville City Cemetary, about 4.8 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Walker Sanderson Funeral Home & Crematory in Provo, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Utah County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 31 listings in Utah County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Provo City Cemetery
Among them: 6 writers, 3 inventors and engineers, 3 World War II veterans, 2 football players, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 journalist.
- Philo Farnsworth1906-1971American inventor
- Gail Halvorsen1920-2022United States Air Force pilot
- Reed Owen Smoot1862-1941United States Senator and LDS Apostle
- Tracy Hall1919-2008American chemist
- Eni Faleomavaega1943-2017American Samoan politician
- Inez Knight Allen1876-1937Mormon missionary and Utah politician
- J. W. Robinson1878-1964United States Congressman from Utah
- Robert MacDonald1912-1989Special effects artist
- Susa Young Gates1856-1933American writer
- Abraham Owen Smoot1815-1895American Mormon pioneer
- Samuel W. Taylor1907-1997American writer
- Eugene E. Campbell1915-1986Utah historian
Show all 41 notable burials
- Virginia Sorensen1912-1991American writer
- Ida Smoot Dusenberry1873-1955American Mormon leader
- Jennie B. Knight1875-1957American missionary
- Jesse Knight1845-1921American businessman
- Charles J. Hart1896-1971American football coach
- Dan Jones1810-1862American politician
- Eddie Kimball1903-1990American football player and coach
- Eugene Lusk Roberts1880-1953American journalist
- George S. Ballif1894-1977American lawyer
- Joseph Nelson1876-1952American architect
- L. John Nuttall1834-1905Mormon leader
- Titus Billings1793-1866Mormon leader
- Wesley P. Lloyd1904-1977American college administrator
- Carlyle Harmon1905-1997American businessman
- Daniel Jones1811-1861Mormon missionary
- David John1833-1908British Mormon bishop
- Floyd Millet1911-2000American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, track and field athlete and coach, college athletics administrator
- Warren B. Wilson1920-1997American visual artist
- Addie Iona Knight1891-1937
- Annie Atkin Tanner1891-1972American writer and poet
- C. E. Loose1853-1929American miner and politician
- Elma G. Farnsworth1908-200625 Feb 1908 - 27 Apr 2006
- Ethel Taylor Sessions1892-1989
- Glen R. Brown1925-2017
- Jonathan Oldham Duke1807-1868
- Melba S. Bushnell1898-1987
- Ora Pate Stewart1910-1990American writer and composer
- Virginia Gage1916-1996
- Zola M. Sandgren1909-1994
People whose Wikidata entry gives Provo City 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
40.22495, -111.64519
What Provo City 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
- Springville City CemetarySpringville, UTCemetery4.8 mi
- East Lawn Memorial HillsOrem, UTCemetery5.0 mi
- Lake View CemeteryOrem, UTCemetery5.7 mi
- Evergreen CemeterySpringville, UTCemetery6.2 mi
- Timpanogos Memorial GardensOrem, UTMemorial park6.6 mi
- Orem City CemeteryOrem, UTMunicipal cemetery6.9 mi
- Mapleton CemeteryMapleton, UTCemetery7.2 mi
- Spanish Fork City CemeterySpanish Fork, UTMunicipal cemetery8.4 mi
- Lindon City CemeteryLindon, UTMunicipal cemetery9.2 mi
- Pleasant Grove City CemeteryPleasant Grove, UTMunicipal cemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Provo City Cemetery
- Walker Sanderson Funeral Home & Crematory0.7 miCremation provider · Provo · (801) 373-6668
- Berg Mortuary0.8 miMortuary · Provo · (801) 373-1841
- After® - Cremation And Funeral Preplanning0.8 miCremation provider · Provo · (844) 905-2639
- Walker Sanderson Cremation Center1.5 miCremation provider · Provo · (801) 373-6668
- Spring Creek Mortuary3.8 miMortuary · Springville · (385) 412-9176
- Memorial Art Monument and Design4.2 miMonument dealer · Springville · (801) 489-6440
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Provo City Cemetery located?
Provo City Cemetery is at 610 S State Street, Provo, UT 84606 in Utah County. GPS coordinates: 40.22495, -111.64519.
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