Fort Scott in Bourbon County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Fort Scott National Cemetery
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 8, 2012
1. Fort Scott National Cemetery NRHP Marker
has been listed in
The National Register
of
Historic Places
by the
United States
Department of the Interior
Erected 1999 by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Fort Scott, Kansas, and the National Cemeteries series lists.
Location. 37° 49.298′ N, 94° 41.63′ W. Marker is in Fort Scott, Kansas, in Bourbon County. It can be reached from 18th Street. Marker is in Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 East National Avenue, at the east end of the main entrance drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Scott KS 66701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jeannette Huntington Ware (a few steps from this marker); 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Volunteers (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); A National Cemetery System (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Fort Scott National Cemetery (about 400 feet away); Combat Infantrymen (about 600 feet away);
this page online
Regarding Fort Scott National Cemetery. Fort Scott National Cemetery was one of the original National Cemeteries established by Lincoln's 1862 presidential proclamation.
Also see . . .
1. Fort Scott National Cemetery. (Submitted on November 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Fort Scott National Cemetery National Register Nomination. (Submitted on November 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 8, 2012
2. Fort Scott National Cemetery The Bivouac of the Dead Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 8, 2012
3. Fort Scott National Cemetery Markers
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 8, 2012
4. Fort Scott National Cemetery
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 8, 2012
5. Fort Scott National Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 720 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
