About Downham Cemetery
Downham Cemetery is a cemetery near Felton, Kent County, Delaware. It lies about 2.2 mi south of Felton. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 213900. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Plymouth Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Berry-Short Funeral Home in Felton, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 62 cemeteries we list in Kent County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Felton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.03956, -75.58631
What Downham 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
- Mount Plymouth CemeteryFelton, DECemetery0.9 mi
- Kingdom Holiness CemeteryWyoming, DECemetery3.1 mi
- First Pilgrim Baptist CemeteryWyoming, DEBaptist cemetery3.1 mi
- Hopkins CemeteryFelton, DECemetery3.3 mi
- Coopers Farm CemeteryFelton, DECemetery4.5 mi
- Saint James Church CemeteryRiverview, DEChurch cemetery4.9 mi
- Alms House CemeteryWyoming, DECemetery5.0 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryCamden, DECemetery5.8 mi
- Cow Marsh Baptist Church CemeteryFelton, DEBaptist cemetery5.8 mi
- John Clark Family GraveyardFelton, DEFamily cemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Downham Cemetery
- Berry-Short Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Felton · (302) 284-4548
- McPherson Funeral Services INC.5.0 miFuneral home · Camden · (800) 796-4873
- Pippin Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Wyoming · (302) 697-7002
- Pippin Mausoleums and Monuments LLC5.7 miMonument dealer · Wyoming · (302) 697-2021
- Thomas E. Melvin & Son Funeral Home, Inc.6.5 miFuneral home · Harrington · (302) 398-3884
- Torbert Funeral Chapels Inc6.8 miFuneral home · Dover · (302) 734-3341
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