About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a baptist cemetery near Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia. It lies about 4.4 mi east of Douglas. The grounds sit at about 269 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 345128. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chaney Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ricketson Funeral Home in Douglas, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 111 cemeteries we list in Coffee County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Coffee County dates to 1845. 20 of the 111 listings in Coffee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Douglas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.53284, -82.91947
What Salem 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
- Chaney CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery0.5 mi
- Upton CemeteryOcilla Highway, Douglas, GA · est. 1850Baptist cemetery1.0 mi
- Rocky Pond CemeteryDouglas, GAChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Grantham CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Peterson CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery2.0 mi
- Sunnyside CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery2.8 mi
- Dorminey-Harper CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Illa CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery4.1 mi
- City of Douglas CemeteryDouglas, GACemetery4.5 mi
- Douglas City CemeteryDouglas, GAMunicipal cemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Bailey Monument4.0 miMonument dealer · Douglas · (912) 384-9257
- Ricketson Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1155
- Ward's Funeral Supplies4.3 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 309-9295
- Sims Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1234
- Mc Lean-litman Funeral Services Inc4.7 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1822
- Ricketson Funeral Home Inc.4.7 miFuneral home · Douglas · (912) 384-1155
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Frequently asked questions
Is Salem Cemetery a Baptist cemetery?
Our records list a Baptist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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