Union Cemetery

Union Cemetery is a cemetery in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Union Cemetery is situated nearby to the quarter Borchert Field, as well as near the town Shorewood.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
Also known as: “Saint Johannes Lutheran Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherman Phoenix and North Division High School.

Sherman Phoenix

Marketplace

Sherman Phoenix is a shopping mall in the northwest side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It opened in 2018 after civil unrest in the city caused local leaders to collaborate and find a way to create a more "inclusive economy." The building was built out of a BMO Harris Bank building that had been burned during the city's unrest. Sherman Phoenix is situated 1¼ miles west of Union Cemetery.

North Division High School

School

North Division High School is one of the major public high schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of the Milwaukee Public Schools. It began operation in 1906, was abolished in 2006, and was reinstituted in 2011. North Division High School is situated 1 mile southeast of Union Cemetery.

Rufus King International High School

School

Rufus King International High School, or Rufus King, is a public magnet high school located on the north side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, part of the Milwaukee Public Schools district. Rufus King International High School is situated 1 mile north of Union Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borchert Field and Shorewood.

Borchert Field

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Borchert Field, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933.

Shorewood

Town

Photo: Freekee, Public domain.

Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census. Shorewood is situated 2½ miles east of Union Cemetery.

North Milwaukee

Suburb

North Milwaukee was a village in northern Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. North Milwaukee is situated 2½ miles northwest of Union Cemetery.

Union Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.07771° or 43° 4′ 40″ north

Longitude

-87.9342° or 87° 56′ 3″ west

Elevation

712 feet (217 metres)

Open location code

86MJ33H8+38

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39238662

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5276685

Wikidata ID

Q117500852

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