Cemeteries of Scott County, Missouri

Compiled and Visited By Margaret Cline Harmon

Genealogy is receiving a growing interest today from people worldwide. People are becoming aware that genealogical research goes beyond personal gratification. It affects many fields of study, from historical translation, to medical and genetic findings. For these reasons, it is crucial that research be correct and properly documented.

It is important that you properly cite your source of information in a precise and consistent manner. One good reference source is Cite Your Sources by Richard S. Lackey. He gives the following examples for documenting cemetery markers:

I personally visited many of the cemeteries and present a consolidated list of all known cemeteries for your use. Current directions on how to reach each cemetery is outlined, along with approximate number of graves in each cemetery. To further assist you I note which township each cemetery is located. The years of operation was obtained from the earliest date of death located, unless the cemetery has a caretaker that could give useful information.

The King's Highway Chapter of the Daughter's of the American Revolution in Sikeston, Missouri surveyed and gathered information on the cemeteries within Scott County between October 15, 1979 and April 17, 1981. They list the detail in Cemetery Records of Scott County, Missouri - Vol. I & Vol. II. They published the two-volume set in 1982. Regrettably, the two volume set of books are now out of print but many local libraries have copies available in their reference section. The directions in their books are difficult to follow.

There are still unidentified family cemeteries to be documented. I am currently looking for the Glassock and Pigg Cemeteries near Morley. If you find a cemetery not listed in this book, please write or call me with the information. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to photograph and document it.

Scott County, Missouri is largely an agricultural region lying in Southeast Missouri. She is bordered by the following counties:

Scott County was formed on December 28, 1821 from New Madrid County, and named for Missouri Congressman John Scott. New Madrid County was formed in 1812 as an Original District in the Territory of Missouri. Scott County is comprised of eight (8) townships.

Commerce Township
Kelso Township
Moreland Township
Morley Township
Richland Township
Sandy Woods Township
Sylvania Township
Tywappity Township
Richland Township was spilt into two in the 1990s adding
Rootwad Township

To assist you in locating desired cemeteries, I have included township maps with the location marked using a numbering system. The Index of Cemeteries contains the Number, Name and Township of each cemetery. I hope this tool will help you locate the cemetery with your relatives. Researching your family history may become addictive. You don't know exactly what you will find once you get into cemeteries, newspapers and court records. It is the mystery of the unknown that makes the search so intriguing.

Good luck in your search!

Margaret Cline Harmon
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Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone: (573) 335-0989
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Alphabetical Listing of Cemeteries in Scott County, Missouri

Adams Cemetery Years of Operation: 1865 - 1898
The cemetery is 3/4 mile north of Hwy. E, west side of I-55, in the field on Dennis LeGrand's farm near the tall microwave tower on the hill in Moreland Township.
12 Graves
Allen Family Cemetery Years of Operation: 1851 - 1879
About 1 mile north of Benton, Missouri, the first road/drive to your left past Felker Park. It is on the west side of Hwy. 61 on farm owned by Ray Graham. It is behind the barn, the stones are somewhat buried near a fence. Northeast Quarter Section 12, Township 28 N, Range 13E in Moreland Township.
7 Graves
Ancell Cemetery Years of Operation: 1823 - 1913
Take Highway 61 to Road PP at Kelso, MO. Turn East on PP and cemetery is approximately 2.5 miles from Kelso in Commerce Township.
24 Graves
Anderson Cemetery Years of Operation: 1841 to 1971
Located in the city and township of Commerce. The cemetery is at the west end of Spring Street. You need to then turn right and go to the top of hill and you should see the cemetery.
167 Graves
Bell Cemetery Years of Operation: 1839 - 1947
Regrettably, this cemetery no longer exists. The cemetery was a short distance off Highway 77, 2 or 3 miles south of Chaffee in Kelso Township. A native of the community, back in the fall of 1981, stated that a tombstone in an alley in downtown Chaffee came out of the cemetery. We do not know, but the names on this one marker were COX family members. Refer to Page 186 of Scott County, Missouri Cemeteries, Vol. II for a complete list of the 7 Cox individuals.
Benton City Cemetery Years of Operation: 1840 to present
Southeast city limit of Benton, on the west side of Highway 61 on the top of the hill in Moreland Township. As you head south out of town look for a street sign "Old Highway 61" on your right. Take that road for a very short distance and you will see a blacktop road bear to your right up a hill. Turn up that hill and it will appear that you are at someone's house and barn. Drive on to your left toward the barn and you will see a road along side of the barn that leads down to the Benton City Cemetery.
200+ Graves
Blodgett City Cemetery Years of Operation: 1851 to present
Located on the east city limits of Blodgett in Sandy Woods Township. Contact the Blodgett Baptist Church for more information.
434+ Graves
Bohnhardt Cemetery Years of Operation: 1847 to 1911
East edge of Scott City on Route N on the north side of the road. NW Quarter, Section 33, Township 30 North, Range 14 East of Kelso Township.
6 Graves.
Brennacke Cemetery Years of Operation: 18?? - 1863
Located off Highway 61 in Kelso Community of Kelso Township. Take the first street north of Dogwood Drive, left one block; then one block north near end of the street you will see a large tree with four headstones stacked up around the tree.
3 Graves
Bugg Cemetery Years of Operation: 1820 - 1928
Drive West on Highway 91 from Highway 61 at Morley for 2.9 miles. Turn left (South) on rural unpaved road for 1.6 miles to Vanduser substation. Cemetery is in field 0.25 mile south of substation in Morley Township. There is no access by car.
9 Graves
Buhs Cemetery Years of Operation: 1884 - 1903
Go east of the old Illmo-Commerce Road about 0.5 mile NE of the McKinley Farm home. Approximate center of NE 0.5 of SE 1/2, Section 2, Township 29N and Range 14E in Kelso Township. Andrew W. Buhs (no date), A. J. F. Buhrs and Elizabeth Mulbach Buhs
3 Graves
Burger Cemetery Only 1 gave dated 1894
Only .7 mile west of Illmo-Scott City School on Route M west toward Chaffee in Kelso Township. Only one stone of Joseph Burger, died January 14, 1894 at age 44 years. The stone is in the field against a tree.
Carpenter Cemetery Years of Operation 1851 to Present
One (1) mile north of McMullin, on Highway 61. A sign points to cemetery which is 1/4 mile west of the highway. Section 23, Township 27 North, Range 13 East in Richland Township.
503+ Graves
Cason Cemetery Years of Operation: 1868 - 1933
On Highway 77, south of Benton, turn right at County Road D and go four-tenths mile. Turn left on gravel road and go south for one mile. Cemetery is approximately 0.5 mile off the road, on the left, in the woods in Sandy Woods Township. No access other than by walking.
16 Graves
City Cemetery of Sikeston Years of Operation: 184? - Present
Located on S. Kingshighway, about 2 blocks south of Malone Street, Sikeston, MO in Richland Township. It is across Murray Street from Birch Tree Mall.
2,300+ Graves
Clymer Cemetery Years of Operation: 1865 - 1913
Turn north on 2nd blacktop road east of I-55 overpass on Hwy. E, near Commerce. Then turn right on 1st gravel road, then .8 mile north of Section Corner 28-27-33-34, then .3 mile west in Commerce Township.
20 Graves
Cobb/Hinkle Cemetery Years of Operation: 1867 - 1893
From the intersection of Malone and North Main go north to Kennedy Drive, turn right and proceed to N. Ingram Road, turn north on Ingram and drive for 1.5 miles. The cemetery is back of an orchard, in a field, about 0.5 mile from North Ingram Road, Sikeston, MO, Richland Township.
8 Graves
Commerce City Cemetery - also known as Commerce Negro & Jackson Hill Cemetery listed below.
Commerce (Negro)/Jackson Hill Years of Operation: 1903 - 1959
Located in the northwest corner where county roads "E" and "N" junction, west of Commerce in Commerce Township. It is a wooded area and there are unmarked graves and illegible markers.
12 graves
Dennis/Montgomery Cemetery Years of Operation: 1863 - 1961
This cemetery is on privately owned land to which there is no access other than walking up a steep hill surrounded by an electric fence. There are many graves without stones and several illegible and broken markers. This cemetery is off Highway 77, approximately two miles north of Oran in Sylvania Township. It can not be seen from the highway.
51 Graves
Dunn Cemetery Years of Operation: 1872 - 1911
At junction of Highways 61 & 77, traveling North toward Oran, your turn left. The cemetery is just eight-tenths mile from junction, on the right, past Forest Hills Cemetery, then past a log house sitting back off the road. It is not visual from Hwy.77 and the headstones are in a thicket of trees and poison ivy. It is in Morley Township and reportedly there was a community at the location many years ago and a church.
9 Graves
Eislenben Lutheran Cemetery Years of Operation: 1867 - Present
In front of Eisleben Lutheran Church on 5th Street in Scott City, MO, Kelso Township.
328 Graves
Eislenben Lutheran Memorial Cemetery Years of Operation: 1866 - 1909
Corner of Lula & Third St. in Scott City. Land purchased April 2, 1848. Log church built in 1855. Relocated to Illmo, MO, Kelso Township, in 1868. You take Ruth Street off Highway N (main street off interstate into Scott City) to 3rd Street and turn left and the at the curve the old Eisleben Lutheran Cemetery sets down at the bottom of a hill on your right.
18 Graves
Ellis Cemetery Years of Operations - unknown
The old cemetery is located on the first gravel road on the right off Hwy. 61 past the New Hamburg turnoff. It is between Hwy. 61 and I-55. The December 9, 1909 issue of the Scott County Democrat stated that a S. A. Douglas, the tombstone man, was in Scott County putting up stones in the Ellis graveyard, north of the N. O. Ellis farm. Between 1940 and 1980 many headstones, including family names of Ellis, Hutson and Kraft, were standing in the cemetery.
Evans Cemetery 2 graves only
1 mile west of Hwy. 77 from Jct. Of Hwy. 77 and Hwy. 61 near Oran, MO, in Morley Township. It is on the north side of the road behind a claypit. French Jones, b October 28, 1832, d Jan 6, 1896 and his wife Telitha Jones, b April 10, 1843, d Feb 11, 1908.
Forest Hills Years of Operation: 1955 - Present
This cemetery is located at the junction of Highway 61 North and Highway 77 as it makes a "Y" just north of Morley in Morley Township. There is a large white Cross on top of the hill.
Over 700 Graves
Friend Cemetery Years of Operation: 1863 - Present
In city limits of Oran, at junction of Highway 77 and W, turn East and the cemetery is at top of hill on the left, in Sylvania Township.
Over 1,000 Graves
Garden of Memories Years of Operation: 1951-Present
Located on West Murray Lane in Sikeston, Missouri. After you cross over the rail road tracks, the cemetery is about a mile on the left side of Murray Lane in New Madrid County.
Over 3,000 Graves
Giboney Cemetery No longer in existence....see Mt. Zion Cemetery
Take the Northeast Outer Road at Scott City, MO. Turn right on Rock Levee Road and go .8 mile to the top of the hill. It was located on the south side of the road on Albert Hillemann Farm in Kelso Township. The graves were moved to Mt. Zion Cemetery in Scott City around 1989. The markers are in the front of Mt. Zion Cemetery facing Cherry Street.
8 Graves now in Mt. Zion Cemetery
Graveyard Hill Cemetery Years of Operation: 1866 - ?
This old cemetery is located on Denis F. LeGrand Farm, eight-tenths of a mile east of I-55 on Highway E. It is on the north side of road in field on top of hill in Moreland Township. Access denied to cemetery by Denis LeGrand, you would need to get the Sheriff of Scott County to accompany you to cemetery.
(Ann Brock, wife of George Cooper Brock, no dates given, John L. Wanslow, husband of Maloney, born 1831 and died July 15, 1866; and Clement Stabeler, husband of Maloney, born in 1846 and died Jan. 16, 1869 at the age of 23.) 3 Graves
Gray's Point Cemetery Years of Operation: 1876 - 1918
East of Scott City on Route N, approximately 1 mile north of Gray's Point Road, west side of the road. Southeast quarter Section 27, Township 30 North, Range 14 East, Kelso Township. The headstones have now been moved to the front of St. Joseph's Cemetery in Scott City.
25 Graves
Guardian Angle Catholic Years of Operation: 1940 - Present
Behind Guardian Angel Church, between Church Street and Rosati Street in Oran, Missouri, Sylvania Township.
Over 350 Graves
Hare Cemetery Years of Operation: 1880 - 1917
One-quarter mile south of town ditch at Blodgett on Route H, then a quarter mile east in the field in Sandy Woods Township.
9 Graves
Hart's Cemetery Years of Operation: 1865 - 1958
Located on North Ingram Road across from the Sikeston Industrial Complex in Richland Township. Between the 1940's and 1970's, this cemetery was said to have been haunted. Most common names buried here are: Bradshaw, Brazeal, Chaney, Hart, Marshall, Pearman, Sherer, Trotter and Wood. Today there are only a handful of graves left, and none of the Hart family headstones are visible.
Hickory Grove Cemetery Years of Operation: 1878 - 1974
On County Road C, go east of Morley for four miles. Cemetery is on the right in Sandy Woods Township. There are many metal markers which are illegible.
85 Graves
Huey Cemetery Years of Operation: 1861 - 1884
East of Blodgett, then three-quarters mile south of railroad, thru Fox Meadows sub-division, graves are on the east side of the road in a field. Northeast Quarter Section 24, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, Sandy Woods Township.
6 Graves
Hunter Cemetery Years of Operation: 1841 - 1872
Go north on Highway 61 out of Sikeston to county road 446. This road will bend to the left after a short distance. Follow it past the Hunter home, then turn at the first private road on your right. The cemetery is on the left about one quarter mile down the road. Reportedly, some stones have disappeared over the years. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Scott County and is located in Rootwad Township.
8 Graves
Hunter Presbyterian Years of Operation: 1828 - 1874
This cemetery is located by the Sikeston Presbyterian Church on the corner of Wakefield and Allen Blvd. in Richland Township. Early settlers of Scott County who were related to the people in the above cemetery, north of Sikeston.
13 Graves
Jones Cemetery Years of Operation: 1858 - 1863
Located on Albert Scherer farm on County Road PP, approximately nine-tenths mile west of Kelso.
5 Graves
Kelso (Dannenmueller) Cemetery Years of Operation: 1876 - 1947
One-quarter mile north of Kelso on Messmer Street in Kelso Township.
38 Graves
Lambert Cemetery Years of Operation: 1853 - 1968
Located in the village of Lambert, just outside of Benton, in Moreland Township. Twelve of the sixteen graves were Lamberts.
16 Graves
Lightner Cemetery Years of Operation: 1910 - Present
In Scott City on 11th Street a half mile south of Maple Street in Kelso Township. You turn right on Maple Street to 11th Street, or the Old River Road to Commerce. The Lightner Cemetery is divided by religion with St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery across central drive.
1,300+ Graves
McMullin Cemetery Years of Operation: 1974
Located 1.2 mile south of Main St. in Scott City, MO, on Road 311 behind farm houses in Kelso Township. One baby girl McMullin, Daughter of John T. & Matilda E. (Hann) McMillin, born & died October 25, 1974.
McMullin/Marshall Years of Operation: 1825 - 1943
Locate on Highway 61 north, approximately 8 miles north of Sikeston, in a small community called McMullin in Richland Township. Also known as "Benefield Cemetery" at one time. It is on the east side of Hwy. 61 across the road from the McMullin Mini-Mart. A local resident told me the cemetery has also been called the "Grant City Cemetery". It is poorly cared for and may be overgrown with weeds so you must look closely in the summer time to locate it.
Originally there were 81 Graves
Maynard Cemetery Years of Operation: 1875 - 1977
Located on Route 77 north of Diehlstadt in Tywappity Township. Go north for 2.3 miles then turn right on a gravel road and go one half-mile. Turn right and go for another one-half mile and the cemetery is on the right side of the road.
271 Graves
Memorial Park Cemetery Years of Operation: 1926-Present
This large cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery just over the New Madrid County line and the southern limits of Sikeston. It is between J. C. Penny's and the Birch Tree Mall set back off of Kings Highway. As the cemetery is inside the official limits of the town of Sikeston it is included in this booklet.
3,500+ Graves
Mennonite Graves Three graves between 1927 - 1931
Go north from Sikeston on Highway 61 to Highway "ZZ" and turn left. Go approximately one-eighth mile east of Tanner Community in Richland Township. Graves are in a field approximately one-fourth mile south on the Herman Newman farm. There were only three graves: Andrew Borntrager, son of Daniel and Katie Miller Borntrager, born and died May 22, 1927. Simon & Fannie Weirich's bodies were disinterred on September 12, 1981 and reinterred in New Penn Cemetery, LaGrange County, Indiana.
Miller Cemetery Years of Operation: 1868 - 1939
South of Blodgett 2.2 miles on Highway H, then one-quarter mile east on Peach Orchard Lane, south side of road. Southwest Quarter Section 23, Township 27 North, Range 14 East, Sandy Woods Township.
23 Graves
Miner Baptist Cemetery Years of Operation: 1894 - 1979
Located in the town of Miner, east of Sikeston in Richland Township. The cemetery is no longer near the Miner Baptist church but is east of the new outlet mall. In stead of turning left into the outlet mall, continue a short distance on that road and you will locate the cemetery on your left.
86 Graves
Moore Cemetery Years of Operation: 1866 - 1903
From Benton, go south on Highway 61 to Highway 77 and bear right towards Oran. Turn right on road "W" and go nine-tenths mile. The cemetery is in Sylvania Township out in a field. There is no access by car unless you obtain permission from the owners who will take you back there. The cemetery has been maintained over the years.
7 Graves
Mt. Zion Cemetery Years of Operation: 1860 - 1974
In the 400 block of Cherry Street in Scott City, formerly Illmo, MO in Kelso Township. The Giboney graves were moved from the old Giboney Cemetery to this cemetery around 1987 or 1988. They are located in the front of the cemetery facing Cherry Street.
65 Graves
New Morley Cemetery Years of Operation: 1942 - Present
Go north from Sikeston on Highway 61 to Highway 91 and turn right. The cemetery is within four-tenths mile of the main city junction in Morley Township. Turn left at the stop sign and drive straight on that road (becomes a lesser road) until you see the cemetery on the left.
500+ Graves
Oakdale Cemetery Years of Operation: 1859 - Present
Located six miles east of Benton and two miles west of Commerce on County Road "R" in Commerce Township.
600+ Graves
Old Commerce Cemetery - See Anderson Cemetery
Old Guardian Angel Catholic Years of Operation: 1883 - Present
In Oran, .2 mile north of intersection of Highway 77 and Church Street in Sylvania Township.
550+ Graves
Old Morley Cemetery Years of Operation: 1866 - Present
This old cemetery is in Morley, within four-tenths mile of the main city junction in Morley Township. Turn left at the stop sign and drive straight on that road (becomes a lesser road) until you see the cemetery on the left.
1,500+ Graves
Parrot Cemetery Years of Operation: 1858 - 1867
Wilson Parrot's home plantation contained 280 acres and was located in Section 19, Township 29 North in Kelso Township. More than likely, family members buried many Parrott's there at one time. County Court records indicate that Woodson Parrot died in the summer or early fall of 1858 and was most likely buried in this cemetery. His son, Major James Parrott, who served in the Confederate 8th Missouri Cavalry unit in the Civil War, died in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 13, 1864. Family tradition states that a slave was sent to Little Rock for his body, which was brought home and interred in the family cemetery on the Woodson Parrott plantation. One marble headstone remained on the old plantation; however, in 1999 a great-great grandson had the stone moved to the Benton Cemetery next to his wife, Maria Hunter Parrott.
Perkins Springs Cemetery Years of Operation: 1867
In a grove on top of a steep hill, as approached from Clem Lindeman's home, one-quarter mile south, southeast of the road at Perkins Spring and about 100 yards southeast of the Lindeman home. Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 29, North Range 14 East in Kelso Township. Marie Catherine Meinz, Born Oct 27, 1853 - Died April 1, 1867.
Plainview (or Perkins) Years of Operation: 1914 - 1978
Going south on Highway 61 South, from Benton, take Highway 77 North to Oran. Take State Highway W to State Highway P, turn right and go seven-tenths mile to the Missionary Baptist Church. Follow the road around the church to the top of the hill. The cemetery overlooks Perkins, MO in Sylvania Township.
26 Graves
Pleasant Valley Cemetery Years of Operation: 1869 - 1946
From Sikeston, go north on old Highway 62 to first through blacktop road east of Interstate 55. Turn left on the blacktop road and go north for 3.4 miles. Look carefully for a path on the right. The cemetery is located in Sandy Woods Township. In 1981 the cemetery was grown up in woods with brush piles around. The cemetery is in very poor condition and many markers have been destroyed.
27 Graves
Pollard Cemetery Years of Operation: 1883 - 1978
From Sikeston go north on I-55 to the Benton Exit and turn right (head east) on State Highway 77. Turn left on County Road 333 and go a short distance. You will see a sandy road, or more like a lane, on your right. Take that County Road 346 for a mile or two and you will see Pollard Cemetery on the right in a grove of trees. In the spring time it is covered with pretty blue flowering weeds.
139 Graves
Prince Cemetery Years of Operation: 1847 - 1906
From Commerce, go east on County Road 342, which follows Powers Island Chute (Commerce Levy Road). It is at least a mile or more off the levy in the middle of a corn and bean field. It is invisible from the road and inaccessible by car. There is evidence that a nice iron fence once circled the cemetery. The Prince family originally owned the property and the other individuals buried within the cemetery are related by marriage.
11 Graves
Raspberry Cemetery Years of Operation: Unknown - 1902
The cemetery is a mile or so north of Commerce on Route 321, on the west side of the road on a hill in Commerce Township. Three of the men buried here fought together in Co. F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery.
8 graves
Rockview Cemetery Years of Operation: 1882 - Present
From downtown Chaffee, go north on Highway "M" for approximately one mile to the community of Rockview in Kelso Township. The cemetery is approximately seven-tenths mile from Highway "M". Unfortunately, there are illegible and broken markers not identified in Cemetery Records of Scott County, Missouri - Vol. II, additionally residents in the area advised there are many unmarked graves. The road to the cemetery is very steep and you may want to stop in Rockview and ask for directions.
75+ Graves
Rocky Branch Cemetery Years of Operation: 1853 - 1908
On the East side of Highway 77, on top of the hill at the viaduct north of Oran. Southeast Quarter Section 7, Township 28 North, Range 13 East Sylvania Township. So far, I have been unable to locate this cemetery but others acknowledge it does exist.
42 Graves
Ross Cemetery Years of Operation: 1839 - 1877
This cemetery is in the corner of a field 1.4 mile south of Commerce on Road 342, to the "Doolan or Powers Island Chute" or Commerce Levy Road. Look for the first vehicle path to your right veering down off the levy. Take that path to the lone hickory tree about 200 yards from the levee. You will see nine headstones in varying conditions propped up around a lone hickory tree. It is in Commerce Township.
9 graves
St. Ambrose Cemetery Years of Operation: 1949 - Present
This Catholic Cemetery is located on Highway "A" at the junction of County Road "RA" at the east edge of Chaffee city limits. It is next to Union Park Cemetery, where the Protestant citizens are buried.
Approx. 170 graves
St. Augustine Cemetery Years of Operation: Mid-1800s - Present
The cemetery is on Highway 61 in Kelso on the south side of St. Augustine Catholic Church. They built in 1879 and used the first church as a school since nineteen-hundred. The present church is elegantly furnished and its members are primarily of German descent. Church and cemetery is in Kelso Township.
900+ graves
St. Denis Cemetery Years of Operation: 1904 - Present
St. Denis church and cemetery are found on the north side of Benton on the western side of U. S. Highway 61. You can see the cemetery behind the church, from the highway. They laid it out on flat clear land. A bronze life-sized crucifix stands in the center of the cemetery. Headstones reveal burials from 1904 to current times and are in Moreland Township.
200+ Graves
St. Joseph Cemetery Years of Operation: 1900s - Present
This interesting cemetery is located one-half mile from the intersection of Maple and 11th Streets in Scott City and north of Lightner Cemetery in Kelso Township. You turn right on Maple Street to 11th Street, or the Old River Road to Commerce. Graves from the old Gray's Point cemetery have also been moved to the front of this cemetery.
300+Graves
St. Lawrence Cemetery Years of Operation:
Located behind the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg in Moreland Township. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county and mostly of German families.
1,400+ Graves
Sanders Cemetery Years of Operation: 1881 -Present
Go 1.1 mile north of Route PP on Route N, then approximately one-quarter mile east in a field. Southwest corner of Section 14, Township 29 North, Range 14 East in Commerce Township.
22 Graves
Shumpert-Ross Cemetery Years of Operation: 1951 - 1976
On Highway A, on the north side of road .7 mile east of Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, Kelso Township.
6 Graves
Sikeston Mausoleum Years of Operation: 1918 - Present
In City of Sikeston Cemetery, in the southeast corner at Murray Lane and South New Madrid Street. The Mausoleum is kept locked. The city clerk's office has the names of persons buried and dates of the burial permits. Where possible, the dates of birth and death were obtained from Sikeston newspapers and funeral homes.
80 Graves
Silent Hill Cemetery Years of Operation: 1878 - 1975
By New Bethel Church, on County Road 450, 4 miles north of Route 62 at Miner on Route H, then west three-quarters mile on County Road 450, then north to New Bethel Church. It is located in Sandy Woods Township.
91 Graves
Smith West End (Negro) - See Sunset of Memory Cemetery
Spradlin Cemetery Years of Operation: 1891 - 1980
This family cemetery is located northeast of Route PP on CR 323, about 1.2 miles down CR 323 to last road on your right. Cemetery is about a quarter mile back in a field of off CR 323. Southwest Corner Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 14 East, Commerce Township.
27 Graves
Stone Cemetery Years of Operation: 1881 - 1910
East of Scott City, near the Mississippi River on the east facing bluff 1400 feet north of the west concrete arch approach to Thebes Bridge in Kelso Township.
3 Graves
Sunset of Memory (Negro) Years of Operation: 1945 - Present
This cemetery is located within the city limits of Sikeston. Drive west from downtown on Malone Ave. to West Street (then becomes Northwest Ave.) and go two blocks to Compress Road. Turn left on Compress Road and drive seven or eight blocks to Alabama Street. Turn left on Alabama in what is known as "Sunset Addition".
Approx. 400 Graves
Thomas Cemetery Years of Operation: 1933 - 1949
This cemetery is a private one on a hill overlooking Perkings, MO in Sylvania Township. Go seven miles west of Oran on Highway "W" and turn right on Highway "P" and go seven-tenths mile to the Missionary Baptist Church. Follow the road around the cemetery at the church and go to the top of the hill as far as you can go. In 2000, there were three Thomas graves and one hand made stone you could not read.
4 Graves
Union Park Cemetery Years of Operations: 1917 - Present
This unique cemetery is at the junction of Hwy. "A" and County Road "RA", east of Chaffee city limits. It lies to the east of St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery in rolling hills.
1,200+ Graves
Unity Cemetery
Take the Benton Exit off I-55 and go east. You will drive for several miles until you come to the Unity Baptist Church on your left. The cemetery is in the rear of the church.
90+ Graves
Vanduser Cemetery Only one grave left as the cemetery has been destroyed.
Go west from Crowder on gravel road to road that turns north just immediately east side of Little River. You drive north approximately one mile and you will have to look for the single marker left. It is of Margaret Smith, wife of F. M. Smith, Born 1832 and died Sept. 7, 1869.
Vollmer Cemetery Years of Operation: 1861 - 188?
East side of Highway 61 south of Kelso on hill in Diebold Orchard in Kelso Township.
3 Graves
Warfield Cemetery Years of Operation: 1948 - 1971
Go north from Sikeston on Highway 61 and turn left on Highway 91 at Morley. Proceed to "CC" Road and turn left. Go north for 1.9 miles. Cemetery is on the right in Sylvania Township.
11 Graves
Watkins Cemetery Years of Operation: 1876 -Present
This cemetery is found on the west side of Highway 61 between Morley and Benton. You will see a large sign stating "Welcome to General Watkins Conservation Area" on your left if you are heading north. There are several picnic benches in the front area and the road winds past the little park area. Follow that road a few hundred yards and you will see the Watkins Cemetery on your right. It is now fenced to prevent vandalism but the monuments are clearly viable. 19 Graves and restricted to Watkins descendants only.
Westerwelle Cemetery Years of Operation: 1894 - 1904
Go north on Emma Street to Fifth Street in Scott City, then right on Fifth, turn north on Nellie Street. Go l.3 mile and take the right fork a half mile to top of hill, then left in a field. Northeast Quarter Section 29, Township 30 North, Range 14 East in Kelso Township.
3 Graves
Williams Cemetery Years of Operations: 1895 - Present
This cemetery is located in Perkins, which is seven miles west of Oran on the Scott County's western border. Take Highway "W" to Highway "P" and turn right for seven-tenths mile to the Missionary Baptist Church. The cemetery is located on both sides of the church.
225+ Graves
Wilson Family Cemetery Years of Operation: 1870 - 1881
Cemetery is located 2 miles east of Grant City/McMullin community on CR 450 on the south side of the road in the edge of field. Range 14E, Township 27N, Section 21 in Richland Township.
8 graves
Wylie Cemetery
Go south of Chaffee on Highway 77, then east .8 mile on County road 229 on top of high hill. 3 graves

This booklet completed Septemer 2000 by Margaret Cline Harmon $1.00 per book is donated to Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society