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Information on Vernon County's more than 100
cemeteries and family graveyards.
Introduction to
Vernon County, Missouri Cemetery Directory 2010
Vernon County Cemetery
Directory 2007 news story
An
ALL-NEW cemetery directory is being created and will be published in
2023! It will include full names and dates from obituaries and death
certificates plus names of parents and spouses for many of the more than
72,000 deaths/burials in Vernon Co. Additionally, a brief source
citation for burials will be included.
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Academy Cemetery - see Montevallo Cemetery
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Amos Cemetery - Henry
Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Earliest known recorded burial is 1857. Only a couple of stones were
located in 2006. The small community of Amos was located on the Kansas
City Southern Railroad. The Amos post office was in operation from
approx. 1893-1931. Nothing remains of the town except a few scattered
homes and the old school building.
Legal:
Section 8, Township 37N,
Range 33W.
Coordinates:
38.014960, -94.581122
Directions:
From
Stotesbury, 3 1/2 miles north on Hwy. V, 1/2 mile west on Caton Road.
Burial area is on private property in the woods on the south side of the
road. |
Antioch Cemetery -
Washington Township
Description:
Active; Maintained;
Earliest known recorded burial is 1871. Land given by Thomas Fry and
Samuel Bush.
Legal:
Section 16, Township
36N, Range 31W.
Coordinates:
37.901703, -94.348322
Directions:
North of Nevada, exit
U.S. 71 west at the junction with Hwy. M, south on 1558 Road about 1/2
mile, west on Jayhawker Road about 1/2 mile. Cemetery in on the north
side of the road next to the Antioch Christian Church.
Layout:
Listing begins in the
southwest corner and rows snake. |
Arbor Grove Cemetery - Montevallo Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained; Earliest known recorded burial is 1886 and last
is 1944. At one time the Arbor Grove Church sat at the north side of the
cemetery.
Legal:
Section 6, Township 34N, Range 29W.
Coordinates:
37.730759, -94.160686
Directions:
At the junction of 2625 and Ulysses Roads, proceed north on 2625 Road
just a few yards and the cemetery lane is on the east side of the road. |
Arnold Cemetery - see Bethany Cemetery |
Avola Cemetery - Drywood Township
Description:
Active; Maintained; Earliest known recorded burial is 1872. The Avola
community was settled in 1859-60 and had a post office from about
1869-1885. Nothing remains of the town except a few scattered homes and
the cemetery.
Legal:
Section 20, Township 34N, Range 31W.
Coordinates:
37.682029, -94.357141
Directions:
From Sheldon, MO, 4 1/4 miles west on Hwy N; 1/4 mile east on Wooden
Road. Cemetery is about 100 yards north in the pasture.
Layout:
The listing of burials begins in the southwest corner and is listed by
row, from south to north. Each row is designated a Section. |
Baker Cemetery - Drywood Township
Description:
Seldom used; Semi-maintained; Earliest recorded burial is 1853.
Legal:
SESE Section 31, Township 34N, Range 31W.
Coordinates:
37.6497661, -94.3693948
Directions:
From the U.S. 71 exit at Sheldon, MO, west on Hwy N a few yards and
south 1 mile on 1825 Road (outer road), 3 1/8 miles west on Zodiac, 1/8
mile north on a lane to the cemetery.
(This cemetery was
incorrectly previously listed as Oak Grove Cemetery.) |
Baker Cemetery - see Oak Grove Cemetery |
Ball Cemetery (aka Robinson Cemetery) - Virgil Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained; Earliest known recorded burial is 1862.
Legal:
SW Section 10, Township 35, Range 29.
Coordinates:
37.8150379, -94.1254991
Directions:
From U.S. 54 at Dederick, MO, 2 1/2 miles south on 2750 Road, 3/4 mile
east on Overland Road. A lane leads south to the cemetery on private
land. |
Balltown Cemetery (properly Little Osage Cemetery)
- Osage Township
Description:
Active; Maintained; Little Osage Cemetery (now commonly known as Balltown Cemetery) is the oldest cemetery in Vernon
County. Earliest recorded burial is that of Nathaniel B. Dodge, Jr.,
March 23, 1838, who died of wounds from a skirmish with Indians. The
town of Little
Osage was the location of the first post office in Vernon
Co. The Balltown mill and covered bridge were burned by Union troops
during the Civil War, and Balltown was then occupied by Union forces.
Nothing remains of the town except the
cemetery.
Legal:
NE Section 19, Township 37, Range 31W.
Coordinates:
37.978845, -94.379886
Directions:
From Nevada, 8 miles north on U.S. 71 to the Horton exit; 1 mile west on
Earp Road. Cemetery is on the north side of the road.
Layout:
Listing in each sections begins at the "x," and rows snake. Section 2
has the first 2 rows combined.
Additional cemetery information is
at this link.
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Bankson Cemetery -
Montevallo Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Family graveyard; earliest known recorded burial is 1868.
Legal:
Section 4, Township 34N,
Range 30W.
Coordinates:
37.45.194, 094.06.507
Directions:
From Montevallo, 2 miles
north on Road 2900; on private property in timber. |
Barton County, MO
Cemeteries
Many Vernon County residents are
buried in neighboring counties. A
link to the Barton Co cemetery
map is provided for researchers. |
Batts Cemetery - see
Maddox Cemetery |
Beard Cemetery - see
Jewell Cemetery |
Beckmon Cemetery -
Harrison Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Earliest known recorded burial is 1877, last is 1934.
Legal:
Section 1, Township 34N,
Range 33W.
Coordinates:
37.764683, -94.450947
Directions:
From Moundville, MO, 3
1/2 miles west on Hwy F. Cemetery is located 3/4 miles south in a
pasture on private land. |
Belvoir Cemetery -
Blue Mound Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
From 1979 Cemetery Directory: “Belvoir was a fairly thriving settlement
from 1839 until the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy RR) was built
through Schell City in 1871. The gravestones from the Belvoir Cemetery
were gathered up by and are in the possession of Emmett Applegate, to
prevent further loss or damage. He said other stones had been thrown in
a ditch north of the cemetery but at last investigation he could not
find any others.” Reported by Jim Daily.
Legal:
SE Section 25, Township
38N, Range 30W.
Directions:
From Schell City, 2 1/4
miles west on Hwy C, 1 1/4 mile north on 2500 Road, 1/4 mile west on
Allen Road, north on 2475 Road. |
Berea Cemetery - Blue
Mound Township
Description:
Active; Maintained;
Established 1882 on land given by Michael and Ellen Ketterman. Some
graves were moved here from the old community cemetery 1/2 mile west and
1 1/2 mile north of the old Ketterman store; thus some dates are before
1882. Additional information previously furnished by Vernon and Mary
Balk. Earliest recorded burial is 1879.
Legal:
NW Section 30, Township
37N, Range 30W.
Coordinates:
37.958360, -94.277340
Directions:
From U.S. 71 north of
Nevada, 6 miles east on Hwy M. The cemetery in on the north side of the
road at the Berea Christian Church.
Layout:
Listing begins in the
southwest corner and rows snake. |
Bethany Cemetery (aka
Arnold Cemetery) - Blue Mound Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Earliest recorded burial is 1885 and the last is 1948. David Arnold
settled here in 1866.
Legal:
NENE Section 33,
Township 37N, Range 30W.
Coordinates:
37.9461457, -94.2302248
Directions:
From
Walker, 3 miles due north in a field on private property. |
Bicket
Cemetery (aka Longacre Cemetery) - Drywood Township
Description:
Seldom used; Maintained;
Earliest recorded burial is 1874.
Legal:
NWNW Section 9, Township
34, Range 31W.
Coordinates:
37.720169, -94.344299
Directions:
From U.S. 71 2 mile
south of Milo, MO, 2 miles west on Hwy. BB. Cemetery is on the south
side of the road at the junction of Hwy. BB (Veteran Rd.) and 1625 Road.
Layout:
Listing begins in the
northwest corner and rows snakes.
Bicket
Cemetery Lot Owners List |
Blakey Cemetery - see
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery |
Brandt Cemetery -
Walker Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Earliest recorded burial is 1858 and last is before 1910.
Legal:
SE Section 36, Township
36N, Range 30W.
Directions:
From
Nevada, MO, 8 miles east on U.S. 54, 1/2 mile south on 2500 Road, 3/4
mile southwest on private property. |
Butler Cemetery -
Badger Township
Description:
Inactive; Unmaintained;
Earliest recorded burial is 1872 and last is 1894.
Legal:
SESW Section 1, Township
35N, Range 30W.
Coordinates:
37.834251, -94.194202
Directions:
From
Nevada, MO, east on U.S. 54, south on 2400 Rd., east on Old Town Rd.
about 250 yards. Cemetery is in the tree line about 200 yards north on
private property. |
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If you have information regarding any Vernon County, Missouri burial
site not listed here, please
contact me.
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