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List Of Cemeteries In Wyoming
There are at least 161 named cemeteries in Wyoming. This list presents them in alphabetical order by county. Wyoming is a U.S. state, state in the mountain region of the Western United States. Wyoming is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th most extensive, but the List of U.S. states and territories by population, least populous and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, 2nd least densely populated of the 50 United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High Plains (United States), High Plains. Albany County, Wyoming, Albany County * Green Hill Cemetery (Wyoming), Green Hill Cemetery, , el. Big Horn County, Wyoming, Big Horn County * Basin Cemetery, , el. * Bonanza Cemetery, , el. * Burlington Cemetery, , el. * Byron Cemetery, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
