About Prospect Hill Cemetery
Prospect Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Joseph H. Ball, Thomas Almond Ashby and Gassaway Sellman Grimes. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1472812. The nearest other listed cemetery is Good Hope Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Maddox Funeral Home Inc in Front Royal, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Warren County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 18 listings in Warren County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Front Royal. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 journalist, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Joseph H. Ball1905-1993American politician
- Thomas Almond Ashby1848-1916American surgeon, educator, author, politician
- Gassaway Sellman Grimes1816-1875American military personnel
- Harrison H. C. Richards1890-1951American Army Air Forces officer
- Irving A. Buck1840-191224 Nov 1840 - 8 Sep 1912
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prospect Hill 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
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What Prospect Hill 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
- Good Hope CemeteryFront Royal, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Finnell-Gardner CemeteryFront Royal, VAChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Marshall CemeteryFront Royal, VACemetery2.7 mi
- The Ramey GraveyardFront Royal, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Hall CemeteryFront Royal, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Bennetts Chapel CemeteryFront Royal, VAChurch cemetery3.8 mi
- Miller CemeteryFront Royal, VACemetery4.2 mi
- Williams CemeteryFront Royal, VACemetery5.4 mi
- Rockland Community CemeteryShenandoah Farms, VACemetery6.0 mi
- Richardson CemeteryStrasburg, VACemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Maddox Funeral Home Inc0.4 miFuneral home · Front Royal · (540) 635-2773
- Turner-Robertshaw Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Front Royal · (540) 635-4186
- Stover Funeral Home and Crematory10 miCremation provider · Strasburg · (540) 465-5101
- Strasburg Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Strasburg
- Jones Funeral Home and Cremation Service12 miFuneral home · Stephens City · (540) 869-4072
- Enders & Shirley Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Stephens City · (540) 869-1563
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