About Porter Cemetery
Porter Cemetery is a cemetery near Morocco, Newton County, Indiana. It lies about 5.1 mi northeast of Morocco. The grounds sit at about 673 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 441463. The nearest other listed cemetery is Russell Chapel Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gerts Funeral Home in Brook, about 7.1 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Newton County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Morocco. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.87916, -87.49623
What Porter 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
- Russell Chapel CemeteryMorocco, INChurch cemetery1.5 mi
- Prairie Vine CemeteryMorocco, INCemetery1.9 mi
- Buswell CemeteryKentland, INCemetery2.9 mi
- J H Grant Memorial CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeterySheldon, ILChurch cemetery3.4 mi
- Morris Chapel CemeteryKentland, INChurch cemetery3.4 mi
- Beaver CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Liberty CemeterySheldon, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Doran CemeteryKentland, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Murphy CemeteryMorocco, INCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Porter Cemetery
- Gerts Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Brook · (219) 275-6161
- Stitz-Clapper Funeral Home Kentland7.8 miFuneral home · Kentland · (219) 474-6161
- Gerts, Windler & Keller Funeral Homes & Cremation Services13 miFuneral home · Goodland
- Gerts Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Goodland · (219) 297-3583
- Leggett Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Hopkins Park · (815) 944-5034
- Baier Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Watseka · (815) 432-2222
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