About Howard Cemetery
Howard Cemetery is a cemetery near Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. It lies about 13 mi west of Metropolis. The grounds sit at about 348 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 410603. The nearest other listed cemetery is Keckolie Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lindsey Funeral Home in Paducah, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Massac County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Metropolis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.11144, -88.50143
What Howard 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
- Keckolie CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Fritts CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Owens CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Audubon CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- New Liberty CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Bellamy CemeteryLedbetter, KYCemetery3.8 mi
- Poco CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Brookport CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Hamletsburg CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Vickers CemeteryMetropolis, ILCemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Howard Cemetery
- Lindsey Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 443-2489
- Smith Funeral Chapel5.8 miFuneral chapel · Smithland · (270) 928-2186
- Pettus Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 442-5749
- Cremation Society of Paducah7.1 miCremation provider · Paducah · (270) 443-5132
- Keeling & Goodman Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 443-7991
- Hughes Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Paducah · (270) 415-1885
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