Rixey Cemetery
Rixey Cemetery is a cemetery in Carroll Township, Platte, Missouri. Rixey Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Hampton, as well as near the aerodrome Kansas City International Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kansas City International Airport and Kansas City Overhaul Base.
Kansas City International Airport
Aerodrome
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Kansas City International Airport — originally Mid-Continent International Airport and often referred to by locals as KCI — is an international airport in Kansas City, Missouri, located 15 miles northwest of Downtown Kansas City in Platte County, Missouri. Kansas City International Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Rixey Cemetery.
Kansas City Overhaul Base
Building
The Kansas City Overhaul Base is a 1.7-million-square-foot manufacturing and maintenance plant adjacent to Kansas City International Airport. At its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, the facility employed more than 6,000 people who worked on maintaining and repairing the entire fleet of Trans World Airlines, and it was Kansas City's biggest employer. Kansas City Overhaul Base is situated 2 miles northeast of Rixey Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hampton and Tiffany Springs.
Hampton
Hamlet
Hampton, Missouri was a small hamlet in rural Platte County, Missouri. The area around Hampton was picked in 1953 to be home for the Kansas City Industrial Airport.
Tiffany Springs
Hamlet
Tiffany Springs is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It was founded by Flavel B. Tiffany in 1891 as Artesian Springs, intended to compete with Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Tiffany Springs is situated 2 miles southeast of Rixey Cemetery.
Weatherby Lake
Village
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Weatherby Lake is a city in Platte County, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States, which borders Kansas City. The population was 2,077 as of the 2020 census. Weatherby Lake is situated 3½ miles southeast of Rixey Cemetery.
Rixey Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Carroll Township, Platte, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.27906° or 39° 16′ 45″ northLongitude
-94.73106° or 94° 43′ 52″ westElevation
1,020 feet (311 metres)Open location code
86F777H9+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 391266272OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4405839
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