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Boonville City of Boonville cemeteries designated and named ordinance (§ 6-8)

Chapter 6: Cemeteries

(a) Sunset Hill Cemetery (formerly called Boonville Cemetery, City Cemetery). The donation of lands heretofore made by Isaac N. Bernard and Jacob Wyan to the City of Boonville, for burial purposes, including an addition thereto purchased by said city from William P. Thompkins, and described as follows:

Beginning on the south line of South Street at a point 1.82 chains west of the west line of Third Street in the City of Boonville, MO., and running thence south 17.47 poles to township line, thence continuing south 8.95 poles, thence west 17.9 poles, thence north 8.95 poles to said township line, thence west 69 links, thence north to said South Street, thence north 75 degrees east on the south line of said South Street to the point of beginning, lying partly in the northeast quarter of section 2, township 48, and partly in the southeast quarter of section 35, in township 49, of range 17, are hereby set apart as a place of public interment and shall be known and designated as "Sunset Hill Cemetery"; and the city council, whenever it may become necessary, shall have the power and authority to enlarge said cemetery, and for that purpose may buy adjoining lands and enclose the same and lay it off into lots and walks. Such addition, when made, shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter, in like manner and to the same extent as the original cemetery.

(b) Boonville Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The land purchase from William Kenney and described as follows: A tract of land located in the SE 1 / 4 of Section 36, T49N, R17W, of Cooper County, Missouri, and being further described as follows:

Starting at a point N1 degrees 36`00"E, 1503.76 feet from the SE corner of said Section 36; thence commencing S88 degrees 52`52"W, 1879.35 feet to an iron found, THE POINT OF BEGINNING: thence N1 degree 12`53"E 269.70 feet to an iron pin set; thence N87 degrees 56`38"E 321.52 feet to an iron pin set; thence S2 degrees 12`44"W, 109.70 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 21 degrees 47`14"E, 156 feet to an iron pin set; thence S85 degrees 57`41"W, 340.65 feet to an iron found; thence S86 degrees 12`07"W, 40.99 feet to an iron found, THE POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 2.04 acres is hereby set apart as a second place of public interment and shall be known and designated as Boonville Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 6-8

Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.

Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.