About Amherst Cemetery
Amherst Cemetery is a cemetery near Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado. It lies about 11 mi southwest of Holyoke. The grounds sit at about 3,681 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 182775. The nearest other listed cemetery is Vanango Cemetery, about 7.9 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Baucke Funeral Services in Holyoke, about 12 mi away. It is one of 8 cemeteries we list in Phillips County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Holyoke. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.70555, -102.16074
What Amherst 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 Amherst Cemetery
- Baucke Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Holyoke · (970) 854-2116
- Austin-Tennant Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Julesburg · (970) 474-3361
- Bullock-Long Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Grant · (308) 352-4456
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