List of cemeteries in Kansas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a listing of cemeteries in the U.S. state

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of Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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Kansas has three United States National Cemeteries

United States National Cemetery

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which are all administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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and overseen from the Leavenworth National Cemetery

Leavenworth National Cemetery

Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. It occupies of land. As of the end of 2005 it had 30,875 interments. It is sometimes locally referred to as "Old Soldiers' Home".- History :...

. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places

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in 1999.

U.S. National Cemeteries

Cemetery	Year	Size	Locality	County	Description
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army installation north of Leavenworth, Kansas. It was officially established in 1862, but was used as a burial ground as early as 1844. The cemetery is the resting place of eight...	1862	36.1 acre Acre The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related... s	Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army facility located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, immediately north of the city of Leavenworth in the upper northeast portion of the state. It is the oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C. and has been in operation for over 180 years...	Leavenworth Leavenworth County, Kansas Leavenworth County is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 76,227. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth...	Used as a burial ground as early as 1844, the cemetery is the site of almost 23,000 interments. It is located near the center of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. The cemetery has two large grave-markers that look like monuments for General Henry Leavenworth Henry Leavenworth Henry Leavenworth was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Plains Indians... and Colonel Edward Hatch Edward Hatch Edward Hatch was a career American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... .
Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near Fort Scott, in Bourbon County, Kansas. It encompasses 21.8 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 5,789 interments.- History :...	1862	21.8 acres (88,221.5 m²)	Fort Scott Fort Scott, Kansas Fort Scott is a city in and the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States, south of Kansas City, on the Marmaton River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,087. It is the home of the Fort Scott National Historic Site and the Fort Scott National...	Bourbon Bourbon County, Kansas Bourbon County is a county located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 15,173...	Originally named Presbyterian Graveyard when the land was purchased and maintained by the Presbyterian Church Presbyterianism Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,... in 1861, the cemetery is the site of about 6,000 interments. It is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Fort Scott. A granite monument was erected in 1984 in memory of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry.
Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. It occupies of land. As of the end of 2005 it had 30,875 interments. It is sometimes locally referred to as "Old Soldiers' Home".- History :...	1973	128.8 acre (0.521235568 km²)	Leavenworth Leavenworth, Kansas Leavenworth is the largest city and county seat of Leavenworth County, in the U.S. state of Kansas and within the Kansas City, Missouri Metropolitan Area. Located in the northeast portion of the state, it is on the west bank of the Missouri River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...	Leavenworth Leavenworth County, Kansas Leavenworth County is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 76,227. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth...	Located in southeast Leavenworth, the cemetery was designed concurrent to construction of the first buildings of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the first interment occurred in 1886. A limestone obelisk Obelisk An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon... monument, dedicated in 1919, sits atop the crest of a hill in the highest ridge of the cemetery overlooking the Missouri River Missouri River The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great... valley. The cemetery currently is the site of more than 31,000 interments.

Other cemeteries

Cemetery	Locality	County	Description
Huron Cemetery Huron Cemetery The Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, also known as Huron Park Cemetery, is now formally known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground. It was established circa 1843, when Wyandots had first arrived in their removal from Ohio. The tribe settled in the area for years, with many in 1855...	Kansas City Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...	Wyandotte Wyandotte County, Kansas Wyandotte County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The county's population was 157,505 for the 2010 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Kansas City with which it shares a unified government...
Oakwood Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery (Parsons) Oakwood Cemetery located at 200 South Leawood, opened on June 1, 1872 as the city cemetery of Parsons, Kansas, USA. Three hundred seventy-five American Civil War veterans who came to Parsons as settlers after the war are buried in a special section which they bought in 1886. They named it...	Parsons Parsons, Kansas Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...	Labette Labette County, Kansas Labette County is a county located in southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 21,607. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons...
Stull Cemetery	Stull Stull, Kansas Stull is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States located 10 miles west of Lawrence and 13 miles east of Topeka.-19th century:...	Douglas Douglas County, Kansas Douglas County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 110,826...	A cemetery that has a reputation for being a gateway to Hell Hell In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations... and a place that The Devil reportedly haunts.
America City Cemetery	Near Havensville Havensville, Kansas Havensville is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Havensville is located at...	Nemaha Nemaha County, Kansas Nemaha County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 10,178. The county seat is Seneca.- History :...
Boy's Industrial School Cemetery	Topeka Topeka, Kansas Topeka \|Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...	Shawnee Shawnee County, Kansas Shawnee County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state capital and county seat. The county's population was 177,934 for the 2010 census...
Vieux Family Cemetery	Louisville Louisville, Kansas Louisville is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...	Pottawatomie Pottawatomie County, Kansas Pottawatomie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 21,604. The county seat is Westmoreland. The county takes its name from the Potawatomi tribe of Native Americans...	A small family cemetery along the Oregon Trail Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is a historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between.After 1840 steam-powered riverboats and steamboats traversing up and down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers sped settlement and development in the flat... where Louis Vieux ran a river crossing.
Oak Hill Cemetery	Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...	Douglas Douglas County, Kansas Douglas County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 110,826...	Quantrill raid victims, Langston Hughes Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance... ' grandparents, and many war veterans; once called by William Allen White William Allen White William Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement... the "Kansas Arlington Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great... "
Simerwell Cemetery	Near Auburn Auburn, Kansas Auburn is a city in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,121 at the 2000 census.- History :...	Shawnee Shawnee County, Kansas Shawnee County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state capital and county seat. The county's population was 177,934 for the 2010 census...	A rural cemetery where the first white female born in Kansas is buried.
Sunset Cemetery	Manhattan Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...		Governor Nehemiah Green Nehemiah Green Nehemiah Green was the fourth Governor of Kansas, serving in that position on an interim basis from November 1868 to January 1869. He subsequently served as Speaker pro Tempore of the Kansas House of Representatives.... , Earl Woods Earl Woods Earl Dennison Woods was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, but is best remembered as the father of professional golfer Tiger Woods... , Samuel Wendell Williston Samuel Wendell Williston Samuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and... , Solon Toothaker Kimball Solon Toothaker Kimball Solon Toothaker Kimball was a noted educator and anthropologist. Kimball was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas...

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