About Shafter Cemetery
Shafter Cemetery is a cemetery near Shafter, Kern County, California. It lies about 2.8 mi northwest of Shafter. The grounds sit at about 348 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 249336. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wasco Memorial Park, about 12 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Peters Funeral Home in Shafter, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Kern County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles. 4 of the 24 listings in Kern County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shafter. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.47274, -119.23511
What Shafter 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
Funeral homes near Shafter Cemetery
- Peters Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Shafter · (661) 746-6314
- Basham & Lara Funeral Care2.9 miFuneral home · Shafter · (661) 746-4200
- Legacy Monument Co9.7 miMonument dealer · Bakersfield · (661) 401-5032
- Peters Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Wasco · (661) 758-5144
- Mish Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Bakersfield · (661) 399-9391
- Alpine Online Cremation13 miCremation provider · Bakersfield · (661) 331-3339
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