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It is curated by the non-profit Union Cemetery Historical Society (launched in 1984) and maintained by the Kansas City Parks & Recreation department. Its estimated 55,000 bodies include those of hundreds of American pioneers, Kansas City boosters, and American Civil War Union veterans such as George Caleb Bingham and Johnston Lykins.
Elmwood Cemetery is a 43-acre (17 ha) historic rural cemetery, [4] located in what became the urban area of 4900 Truman Road at the corner of Van Brunt Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. With an estimated 35,000—38,000 plots, [ 1 ] the cemetery is owned, operated, and maintained by the non-profit organization Elmwood Cemetery Society.
The cemetery is located at North 7th Street Trafficway and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1971, and has been formally renamed the Wyandot National Burying Ground. It is in the Kansas City, Kansas Historic District.
Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri [6] Joseph Boggs (1749–1843), army officer, moved from Old Westport Cemetery in 1915 [7] Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814–1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill Cemetery [8]
Lyda Conley. Eliza Burton " Lyda " Conley ( c. 1869 – May 28, 1946) was a Wyandot Native American and an American lawyer. She was the first woman admitted to the Kansas Bar Association. She was notable for her campaign to prevent the sale and development of the Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground.
These provided photos show David Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36 and Ricky Johnson, 38, three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found dead following a watch party for the Chiefs-Chargers game ...
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Fort Scott National Cemetery. 1862. 21.8 acres (88,000 m 2 ) Fort Scott. Bourbon. Originally named Presbyterian Graveyard when the land was purchased and maintained by the Presbyterian Church in 1861, the cemetery is the site of about 6,000 interments. It is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of ...
Under Health and Safety Code §711.008, there are restrictions on the location of a cemetery based on proximity to a city and the population of the city. The land must be less than 10 acres to ...