About Sowards Cemetery
Sowards Cemetery is a cemetery near Conejos, Conejos County, Colorado. It lies about 6.5 mi southwest of Conejos. The grounds sit at about 7,723 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 192994. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Manassa Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Romero Funeral Home in Alamosa, about 21 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Conejos County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Conejos. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.15809, -105.93921
What Sowards 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
- Old Manassa CemeteryConejos, COCemetery0.1 mi
- New Manassa CemeteryConejos, COCemetery1.2 mi
- Los Cerritos CemeteryConejos, COCemetery1.6 mi
- La Isla CemeteryConejos, COCemetery5.0 mi
- Sanford CemeteryConejos, COCemetery5.7 mi
- Warshaver CemeteryConejos, COCemetery6.7 mi
- Conejos CemeteryConejos, COCemetery6.7 mi
- Lobatos CemeteryConejos, COCemetery6.7 mi
- Antonito CemeteryConejos, COCemetery6.7 mi
- La Jara CemeteryAlamosa, COCemetery9.7 mi
Funeral homes near Sowards Cemetery
- Romero Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Alamosa
- Romero Valley Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Alamosa · (719) 589-9200
- Rogers Family Mortuary22 miMortuary · Alamosa · (719) 589-4271
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