About Monte Vista Park
Monte Vista Park is a cemetery near Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. It lies about 4.5 mi northeast of Princeton. The grounds sit at about 2,520 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Hugh Ike Shott, John Kee and Elizabeth Kee. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1552174. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lincoln Park Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roselawn Funeral Home & Cemetery in Princeton, about 2.8 mi away. It is one of 156 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 156 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Princeton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Monte Vista Park
Among them: 5 US representatives, 1 architect, 1 journalist, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Hugh Ike Shott1866-1953Newspaper editor, radio and TV broadcaster, politician
- John Kee1874-1951American politician
- Elizabeth Kee1895-1975American politician
- James Kee1917-1989American politician
- James F. Strother1868-1930American politician and lawyer
- Alex B. Mahood1888-1970American architect
- Blyden Jackson1910-2000American academic and essayist
- Edmund Daniel Wells Jr.1920-1976American lawyer and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Monte Vista Park 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
37.31067, -81.14648
What Monte Vista Park 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
- Lincoln Park CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery0.5 mi
- Belcher CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery0.8 mi
- Neal CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery0.9 mi
- Calfee CemeteryBluefield, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Neal CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.1 mi
- Stowers CemeteryBluefield, WVCemetery1.2 mi
- Harry CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.3 mi
- Atkins CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.3 mi
- Bailey CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Calfee CemeteryBluefield, WVCemetery1.6 mi
Funeral homes near Monte Vista Park
- Roselawn Funeral Home & Cemetery2.8 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 833-4007
- Roselawn Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Princeton
- Greenbrier Burial Park4.5 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 426-2643
- Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 425-8176
- Seaver Funeral Svc Inc4.7 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 425-2282
- Seaver Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Princeton
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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