About Ponder Cemetery
Ponder Cemetery is a cemetery near Milton, Sussex County, Delaware. It lies about 0.8 mi east of Milton. The grounds sit at about 10 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 214473. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethel Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Short Funeral Services, Inc. in Milton, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 90 cemeteries we list in Sussex County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 90 listings in Sussex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Milton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.77927, -75.32381
What Ponder 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
- Bethel CemeteryMilton, DECemetery1.1 mi
- Betts CemeteryMilton, DECemetery1.7 mi
- Weigands CemeteryMilton, DECemetery2.5 mi
- Zion CemeteryMilton, DECemetery2.9 mi
- Hazzard CemeteryMilton, DECemetery3.5 mi
- Henlopen Memorial ParkMilton, DEMemorial park4.2 mi
- Beaverdam CemeteryMilton, DECemetery4.3 mi
- New Market CemeteryMilton, DECemetery4.4 mi
- Holland CemeteryNassau, DECemetery5.0 mi
- Davis CemeteryMilton, DECemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Ponder Cemetery
- Short Funeral Services, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Milton · (302) 684-8521
- Short Funeral Services Inc6.3 miFuneral home · Georgetown · (302) 856-6884
- Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium6.9 miCremation provider · Georgetown · (302) 856-2880
- Parsell, Dodd, & Carey Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Georgetown
- Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium9.6 miCremation provider · Lewes · (302) 645-9520
- House of Wright Mortuary11 miMortuary · Milford · (302) 422-5517
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