About Shields Cemetery
Shields Cemetery is a cemetery near Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana. It lies about 2.7 mi southeast of Hartford City. The grounds sit at about 912 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 443376. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mills Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Keplinger Funeral Home in Hartford City, about 2.6 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Blackford County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hartford City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.48228, -85.40185
What Shields 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
- Mills CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery1.3 mi
- Stoll CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery1.7 mi
- Leffler CemeteryUpland, INCemetery2.6 mi
- Greenlawn CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery3.3 mi
- Center CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery3.4 mi
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery3.5 mi
- Lion CemeteryHartford City, INCemetery3.7 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryUpland, INCemetery5.3 mi
- Atkinson CemeteryUpland, INCemetery5.4 mi
- Balsley CemeteryUpland, INCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Shields Cemetery
- Keplinger Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Hartford City · (765) 348-0610
- Waters Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Hartford City · (765) 348-0710
- Jones-Smith Chapel of Armes-Hunt Funeral Home & Cremation Services4.9 miFuneral chapel · Upland · (765) 998-2101
- Walker & Glancy Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Montpelier · (765) 728-2414
- Pitman-Richman Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Eaton · (765) 396-3243
- Ferguson and Glancy Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Van Buren · (765) 934-2211
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