Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin

Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. It lies about 1.7 mi northeast of Madison. The grounds sit at about 978 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 179 notable people buried here, including John Bardeen, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck and Howard Temin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1565117. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cress Funeral & Cremation Service in Madison, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 198 cemeteries we list in Dane County, and 85 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 198 listings in Dane County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Madison. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 26 scientists, 16 writers, 10 US representatives, 8 business leaders, 7 governors, 6 physicians, 5 journalists, 4 football players.

• John Bardeen1908-1991
  American physicist and engineer
• John Hasbrouck Van Vleck1899-1980
  American physicist
• Howard Temin1934-1994
  American geneticist
• Karl Guthe Jansky1905-1950
  American physicist and radio engineer
• Frederick Jackson Turner1861-1932
  American historian
• Robert M. La Follette1855-1925
  American progressive politician from Wisconsin
• Harry Harlow1905-1981
  American psychologist
• John R. Commons1862-1945
  American economist and historian
• Rebecca Blank1955-2023
  American economist
• Dorothy Reed Mendenhall1874-1964
  American pediatrician
• Richard T. Ely1854-1943
  United States economist and author
• Edward Alsworth Ross1866-1951
  American sociologist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest 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.

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.

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• Cress Funeral & Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Madison · (608) 238-3434
  0.2 mi
• Foster Funeral & Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Madison · (608) 661-3678
  2.3 mi
• Compassion Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Madison · (608) 217-9166
  2.3 mi
• Joyce-Ryan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Madison · (608) 274-1000
  2.6 mi
• Cress Funeral & Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Madison · (608) 238-8406
  3.1 mi
• Gunderson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Fitchburg · (608) 442-5002
  3.3 mi

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