Leon Cemetery – Butler County – United States

Leon Cemetery is located south of Leon in Butler County, Kansas, and is identified in historical records as a cemetery in Little Walnut Township. It appears in a Kansas statewide cemetery inventory published in 1906, which places the cemetery among the burial grounds documented in Butler County at that time. ([kansashistory.gov](https://www.kansashistory.gov/geog/geog_cemeteries/search/page%3A1/county%3ABU/sort%3Atxt_location/direction%3Aasc?utm_source=openai)) Genealogical references place it in the northwest quarter of Section 28 and include it in a compiled survey of Butler County cemeteries. ([ksgenweb.org](https://www.ksgenweb.org/KSButler/lookup.html?utm_source=openai)) The grounds contain a granite Civil War memorial bearing the inscription “To The Memory Of Our Heroic Dead 1861–1865,” erected by Leon Circle No. 17 of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. ([suvcwks.org](https://suvcwks.org/butler-county/?utm_source=openai)) Cemetery inscription and burial indexes are available through regional genealogical projects, but individual grave information should be confirmed from the marker or local records.