About Shorte Cemetery
Shorte Cemetery is a cemetery near Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of Eufaula. The grounds sit at about 253 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Gill Shorter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 126816. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hunter-Merrill Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Stanford Memorial Chapel in Eufaula, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 84 cemeteries we list in Barbour County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 30 of the 84 listings in Barbour County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Eufaula. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Shorte Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- John Gill Shorter1818-1872American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Shorte Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
31.88423, -85.13354
What Shorte Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Hunter-Merrill CemeteryEufaula, ALCemetery0.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryEufaula, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryEufaula, ALCemetery1.4 mi
- Georgetown CemeteryFort Gaines, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Harrison Family CemeteryFort Gaines, GAFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Tullis GraveyardEufaula, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Memory Garden CemeteryEufaula, ALCemetery3.9 mi
- Shady Grove AME Church CemeteryFort Gaines, GAMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
- Berry Chapel Baptist Church CemeteryFort Gaines, GABaptist cemetery4.5 mi
- McGee CemeteryEufaula, ALCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Shorte Cemetery
- Stanford Memorial Chapel0.6 miFuneral chapel · Eufaula · (334) 687-6900
- Chapman Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Eufaula · (334) 687-3514
- Southern Memorial Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Eufaula · (334) 687-3500
- Central Funeral Services1.6 miFuneral home · Eufaula · (334) 232-4477
- Lewis Mortuary II2.4 miMortuary · Georgetown · (229) 334-8923
- Glover Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Eufaula · (334) 687-5725
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