About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near River Falls, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. The grounds sit at about 925 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Warren P. Knowles, Frank Nye and Charles D. Parker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1581638. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Bridget Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services - River Falls in River Falls, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in St. Croix County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, River Falls. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Warren P. Knowles1908-1993American politician
- Frank Nye1852-1935American politician
- Charles D. Parker1827-1925Politician; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Abraham D. Andrews1830-1885American physician and politician
- Charles E. Hanson1855-1932American politician (1855-1932); member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, and 1929
- Jesse H. Ames1875-1957American football coach and college administrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
44.86419, -92.61476
What Greenwood 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
- Saint Bridget CemeteryRiver Falls, WICemetery1.7 mi
- Greenwood Valley CemeteryRiver Falls, WICemetery3.5 mi
- Mann Valley CemeteryRiver Falls, WICemetery4.9 mi
- Kinnickinnic CemeteryRoberts, WICemetery5.2 mi
- German Settlement CemeteryRoberts, WICemetery5.7 mi
- Big River Presbyterian CemeteryRiver Falls, WIPresbyterian cemetery7.2 mi
- Beldenville CemeteryEllsworth, WICemetery7.8 mi
- Thurston Hill CemeteryEllsworth, WICemetery8.6 mi
- Saint Patrick's CemeteryHudson, WICemetery8.7 mi
- Saint Paulus Lutheran CemeteryAfton, MNLutheran cemetery8.8 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services - River Falls0.1 miCremation provider · River Falls · (715) 425-8788
- O'Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · River Falls · (715) 425-5644
- O'Connell Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Inc.9.4 miFuneral home · Hudson · (715) 386-3725
- Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services10 miCremation provider · Hudson · (715) 386-2402
- Hill-Funeral Home & Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (715) 273-4421
- O'Connell Family Funeral Homes & Cremation11 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (715) 273-4421
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