Coffey County Cemeteries
category : Cemeteries
The Coffey County Museum features a large genealogy library with cemetery listings, obituaries, all county newspapers from 1859 on micro-film, Coffey County census, county atlas 1878, 1901, 1919, and more.
A numbered location map is available by contacting the Museum.
| LINCOLN CEMETERY - May 1888 | LEBO CREEK/HOOVER/BENEDICT CEMETERY - Lebo Creek deeded 1880. Hoover sold by Jacob Hoover for $2. Benedict circa 1860 |
| OLD HOOVER CEMETERY - Circa 1860 | BOWMAN/ADGATE/INDIAN CEMETERY - Bowman deeded 1929, Adgate has a "Military Circle" to honor the military commitment of Civil War soldiers. Indian (originally Ottumwa) circa 1850. |
| STRAWN CEMETERY - Orgianlly Kite, deed dated 1884. | BAILEY CEMETERY - Also called Fair View, donated by Samuel H. Bailey March 1, 1871. |
| BAKER CEMETERY - Also called Otter Creek, originally a family burial for the Caseys. First recorded burial, 1864. | APOSTOLIC GERMAN/CHRISTIAN CEMETERY - Donated by George and Elizabeth Storrer in 1883. |
| TEACHOUT CEMETERY - Named for Henry Teachout, first burial, 1891. | GRIDLEY CEMETERY - Owen D. Fessenden requested upon his death that his burial plot become a cemetery, 1896. |
| WHARTON CEMETERY - Also called Fairhope, deeded 1871 for $1. | BIG CREEK CEMETERY - First burial recorded in 1870. |
| COLA HILL CEMETERY - Also called Pleasant Grove, dated 1873. | CALVARY CEMETERY - Recorded 1883. |
| GRACELAND/COUNTY FARM CEMETERY - Graceland first burial 1922. County Farm burials are unmarked, circa 1920. | MT. HOPE CEMETERY - One of the oldest in Coffey County. Horse drawn funeral carriages were used to transport the casket; mourners walked behind. Circa 1870. |
| CRANDALL CEMETERY - established with the passing of Warren Crandall in 1922, and is a private burial ground. | LEROY CEMETERY - Deed dated 1866. Among the burials: an unknown horse thief, and a seeing-eye dog, Jack. |
| WOOSTER CEMETERY - Also called Wimer, Circa 1890. | LOGUE CEMETERY - First burial 1862. |
| SCHLICHTER CEMETERY - Also called Fair View, deeded 1884 for $1 | STOELTZING CEMETERY - Named for the Charles and Matilda Stoeltzing family. Last burial 1898 |
| QUISLING CEMETERY - Sold for $1 by Einer and Christine Quisling. Burials prior to 1865, unrecorded. | ALTAMONT CEMETERY - Contains Potters Field. Burials before 1874 were not recorded. |
| ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CEMETERY - Previoiusly known as: Volland, Grobengiesser, Avondale, St. John German, Lutheran, and St. John Evangelical Lutheran. First burial 1884. | PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY - Originally Saunders, dated 1870. |
| CENTER HILL CEMETERY - 1886. | LOGAN CEMETERY - In 1859, Augustus G. Logan granted Logan land to be used as a public burying place. |
| WOLF CREEK CEMETERY - Also called Stringtown, originally Roberds Grave Yard, a private burial ground, circa 1871. Currently owned by Wolf Creek Generating Station. | FRENCH RIDGE CEMETERY - Also called Star, formed for burial of early French Ridge settlers. First burial, 1859. |
| GLENDALE CEMETERY - Donated 1872 by Andrew and Nancy Jackson. | PRAIRIE VIEW CEMETERY - Original Union, circa, 1873. |
| HALLS SUMMIT CEMETERY - Deeded 1890 for $1. | WAVERLY/ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY - Waverly First recorded for $1 in 1885. St. Joseph deeded 1900 for $1. |
| PLEASANT VIEW CEMETERY - Also called Agricola, recorded 1884. | ROCK CREEK CEMETERY - Also called Cummings, first burial 1877. |
| KEY WEST CEMETERY - Community named for an old sailor who'd said it was "as desolate a place as Key West Florida." First burial 1862. | KESNER CEMETERY - Henry Kesner family plot, no date recorded. |
| VETETO CEMETERY - Dated 1866. | OLD MORROW CEMETERY - Located on Gilbert property in LeRoy. No stones, last burial 1886. |
| JAGER CEMETERY - Located on the Dale Luthi farm in Gridley. Circa 1880. | NEOSHO CITY CEMETERY - Community was located on the bluff on the south side of Big Creek, circa 1860. |
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