About Poor Farm Cemetery
Poor Farm Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Washington County, Indiana. It lies about 4.8 mi northwest of Salem. The grounds sit at about 817 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1923565. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Hebron Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dawalt Funeral Homes, Inc. in Salem, about 4.7 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.57837, -86.01914
What Poor Farm 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
- Old Hebron CemeteryNew Pekin, INCemetery0.8 mi
- Blue River Baptist CemeteryNew Pekin, INBaptist cemetery1.5 mi
- Stalker CemeterySalem, INCemetery1.5 mi
- Paynter CemeterySalem, INCemetery1.8 mi
- Norris CemeterySalem, INCemetery2.1 mi
- McKnight CemeterySalem, INCemetery3.4 mi
- New Old Blue River CemeterySalem, INCemetery3.7 mi
- Hicksite Church CemeterySalem, INChurch cemetery4.0 mi
- Old Blue River CemeterySalem, INCemetery4.1 mi
- Blue River Friends CemeterySalem, INCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Poor Farm Cemetery
- Dawalt Funeral Homes, Inc.4.7 miFuneral home · Salem · (812) 883-3541
- Marshall Monuments4.8 miMonument dealer · Salem · (812) 883-2938
- Hughes-Taylor Funeral Homes Inc.4.9 miFuneral home · Salem · (812) 883-4206
- Weathers Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Salem · (812) 883-6155
- Hughes-Taylor Funeral Homes8.5 miFuneral home · Borden · (812) 967-2123
- Love Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Palmyra · (812) 364-6121
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Related guides
- How Are Cemetery Plots Organized?Sections, lots, rows and graves explained, plus how to read a cemetery map and a plot deed.
- How Deep Is a Grave?Where "six feet under" comes from, typical depths today, and what state rules actually require.
- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.