About Glebe Cemetery
Glebe Cemetery is a cemetery near New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware. It lies about 0.7 mi southwest of New Castle. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Joseph Ebur Vantine and Lewis E. Eliason. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 214004. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gebhart Funeral Home of New Castle in New Castle, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in New Castle County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Castle County dates to 1698. 7 of the 67 listings in New Castle County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Castle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Glebe Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Joseph Ebur Vantine1835-1904United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Lewis E. Eliason1850-1919American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Glebe Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.66830, -75.55818
What Glebe 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 Salem United Methodist Church CemeteryNew Castle, DEMethodist cemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and Cemetery517 Harmony Street, New Castle, DECatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- New Castle Presbyterian CemeteryNew Castle, DEPresbyterian cemetery1.0 mi
- Potters Field CemeteryWilmington Manor, DECemetery1.6 mi
- Pennsville Township CemetaryPennsville, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- Gracelawn Memorial Park CemeteryWilmington Manor, DEMemorial park2.3 mi
- Potter's FieldWilmington Manor, DECemetery2.8 mi
- Finn's Point National Cemetery454 Fort Mott Road, Pennsville, NJNational cemetery3.9 mi
- Saint James CemeteryNewport, DECemetery4.1 mi
- Simpson CemeteryNewport, DECemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Glebe Cemetery
- Gebhart Funeral Home of New Castle0.6 miFuneral home · New Castle · (302) 328-2312
- Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory1.9 miCremation provider · New Castle · (302) 328-2213
- Laughrey Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Pennsville · (856) 678-7711
- H.W. Gates Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Pennsville
- Nichols-Gilmore Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 998-8013
- Family First Funeral Services4.1 miFuneral home · Newport · (800) 377-6949
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