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Cemeteries
The county has about
80 cemeteries. Listed below are some sites of
special interest.
- Marysville City.
The statue of the Civil War Union soldier in the
center of the cemetery was the
 first such monument
erected in Kansas. Off 16th street between
Debbie Lane and Park Street, Marysville.
- Danish Lutheran.
Unique decorative grave markers crafted in iron by
early blacksmith Hans Hanson. On 3rd Road
between Limestone and Matador Roads,
Northwest
Quadrant.
- Hermansberg Immanuel
Lutheran, in the part of the county known as "Little
Germany". On 3rd Road north of Eagle Road,
Northwest
Quadrant.
- St. Bridget's, north
of Axtell. A simple marker to the right of the
large central figure of Jesus names the six McGrath
children who drowned when the family buggy overturned
in a flooded creek in 1897. On 30th Road 3/4
mile north of Deer Trail Road,
Northeast Quadrant.
- Rose Hill, Axtell.
Has an original Civil War cannon in the first
driveway. North on First Street in Axtell, cross
the railroad tracks, continue as the road turns to the
left, Northeast Quadrant.
- Frankfort City.
Civil War Soldier's Monument, dedicated in 1895.
Frankfort, Southeast Quadrant
- Mt. Calvary Catholic. Memorial bronze crucifixion, erected
by a couple who lost three adult children in the flu
epidemic of 1918. Frankfort,
Southeast Quadrant.
- Antioch. Laid
out in 1867 by a local farmer after the death of an
emigrant in a westbound wagon train camping nearby.
On 15th Terrace 1 mile south of Yonder Road,
Southeast Quadrant.
- St Joseph's, Lillis.
Served the Irish population in the southeast corner of
the county. The first burial was in 1866.
On 27th Road between Bobcat and Cyclone Lanes,
Southeast Quadrant.
- Prospect Hill.
Overlooks the junction of the Big and Little Blue
Rivers. Burial sites of 48 known Civil War
veterans. On 8th Road between Tumbleweed and
East River Road, Southwest Quadrant.
- Greenwood.
Graves from two cemeteries at Irving were moved here in
1959, when Irving was destroyed to make way for the
Tuttle Creek Dam reservoir. On 8th Road at
Yonder Road, Southwest Quadrant.
- St. Wenceslaus
Catholic. Founded in 1895. Many tombstone
inscriptions in Czech. East on Parallel Road
from 8th Road about 1/2 mile,
Southwest Quadrant.
- Czech Moravian, just
over the line in Riley County, founded by Czech
settlers in 1890. Many tombstone inscriptions in
Czech. Turn southwest off 8th Road onto Toburen
and Swede Creek Road, and go southwest to cemetery.
See Southwest Quadrant.
- Swedish Lutheran
Gloria Dei. East 1/4 mile from Highway 77 on
Bobcat Lane, Southwest Quadrant.
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