About Washakie Cemetery
Washakie Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Washakie, Fremont County, Wyoming. The grounds sit at about 5,597 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Washakie. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2774467. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wind Dancer Funeral Home in Fort Washakie, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Fremont County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Washakie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Washakie Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist.
- Washakie1800-1900Eastern Shoshone chief
People whose Wikidata entry gives Washakie 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
43.00469, -108.89060
What Washakie 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
- Wind Dancer CemeteryFort Washakie, WYCemetery0.1 mi
- Sacajawea CemeteryFort Washakie, WYCemetery1.4 mi
- Friday CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery4.9 mi
- Sage - Red Man CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery5.2 mi
- White Plume CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery5.5 mi
- Saint Michael Mission CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery5.9 mi
- Wallowing Bull CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery7.1 mi
- Yellow Calf CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery7.3 mi
- Willow CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery7.5 mi
- Shakespare CemeteryEthete, WYCemetery8.4 mi
Funeral homes near Washakie Cemetery
- Wind Dancer Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Fort Washakie · (307) 332-3687
- Hudson's Funeral Home and On-site Crematory15 miCremation provider · Lander · (307) 332-2221
- Davis Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Riverton · (307) 856-3217
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