Date: March 1 2001
Cemetery: Steiner Cemetery
Established: 1870's
Street: 2.5 miles west intersection of US highway 275 and route
B
City: Rockport Missouri about 7-8 miles north/northwest
Township: Polk
County: Atchison
State: Missouri
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Near High Creek cemetery about 1 mile northeast of it
Reached by: Crossing private property
Location: Rural agricultural
Land: Hillside
Water: No
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Permission required
Surrounded by: Fence
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Markers:
Gravestones: 15-20
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Unsure
Removed Gravestones: No
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: Unknown
Oldest grave: 1870's
Newest grave:
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Access problem
Vegetation: Damaging gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-ground cover
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Township
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Rarely
Previous contacts: The owner of the property
Other information
This cemetery is neglected. It was all over grown. I asked the
owner about cleaning it up and he said that he did not care if it was
cleaned up or not. It is suppose to be a family cemetery.
Submitted By:
name:
Anne Braun
Email: annieb-52@aol.com
