About Bear Creek Cemetery
Bear Creek Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Dillsboro, Switzerland County, Indiana. It lies about 7.4 mi northeast of Dillsboro. The grounds sit at about 837 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 430635. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rand Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is DeVries Funeral Home in Dillsboro, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Switzerland County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dillsboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.92894, -85.13717
What Bear Creek 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
- Rand CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery2.0 mi
- Bear Creek CemeteriesDillsboro, INCemetery2.0 mi
- Wilson CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Cooper CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery2.5 mi
- Chapel Ridge CemeteryDillsboro, INChurch cemetery3.1 mi
- Akers CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery3.3 mi
- Akers and Friendship CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryDillsboro, INLutheran cemetery3.5 mi
- Marker - Althoff CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery3.5 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryDillsboro, INCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Bear Creek Cemetery
- DeVries Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Dillsboro · (812) 432-5480
- Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Versailles · (812) 689-1171
- Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions12 miFuneral home · Aurora · (812) 926-0155
- Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Vevay · (812) 427-2424
- Sibbett Moore Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Moores Hill · (812) 744-3280
- Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Milan · (812) 654-2141
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bear Creek Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran 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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