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27 cemeteries in Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas City, Kansas locations for cemeteries.
Back in the 1980s the State of Kansas passed a law which required each county to be responsible for their abandoned and closed cemeteries. The Wyandotte County Museum now holds the records for these cemeteries and the Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for their maintenance.
Mt Calvary Catholic Cemetery, 38th and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas was established in 1901 at what was the western edge of Kansas City, Kansas. Originally ten acres, Mt Calvary now encompasses thirty-four acres. This cemetery erected its first mausoleum in 1974.
Dec 6, 2019 · Forward Observer. Edwin Westrate. Pickle Partners Publishing, Dec 6, 2019 - History - 139 pages. Forward Observer, first published in 1944, is the account of a U.S. Army artillery observation...
- Union Cemetery
- Native American Burial Grounds
- Old Quindaro Cemetery
- Pioneer and Settler Cemeteries
Union Cemetery, Kansas City’s oldest existing public cemetery, isn’t exactly hidden, situated between Main Street and Gilham at Union Hill. But it is a place out of time -- the ground smells of walnut and wild strawberry and monarchs flutter through on their migratory path, while dog walkers and picnickers frequent the area on fine days. Establishe...
In the 1800s, many Native American nations, like the Shawnee, Wyandot, and Potawatomi, were removed from their ancestral homes in the east, joining the people already living in this area, such as the Kansa and Osage tribes. But long before that was the Hopewell people, who occupied this region sometime between 100 and 500 CE. They created burial mo...
While the town of Quindaroonly lasted a few years, its legacy remains in the KCK area. It was founded in 1856 by abolitionists and became a key stop on the Underground Railroad. The area includes two historic Quindaro Cemeteries. The larger cemetery is attached to Mount Hope Cemetery along Parallel Parkway. The other, the Old Quindaro Cemetery, was...
Many pocket cemeteries are the remnants of family plots or abandoned communities, forgotten with changes in ownership or consumed by property development. Along Shawnee Mission Parkway, near Canterbury Road, is the Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery, just a few blocks south of the Shawnee Indian Mission Historical Site in Fairway. Here lies Thomas ...
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Cemeteries in Kansas, 1906. The listing of cemeteries used in this database was published in the Transactions of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, vol. XXVIII (1906), pp. 325-377. The information for specific cemeteries lists only the county, township or city if known, and the size of the cemetery in acres.
