About Shirk Cemetery
Shirk Cemetery is a cemetery near Westport, Decatur County, Indiana. It lies about 4.6 mi southeast of Westport. The grounds sit at about 797 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 443416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Asbury Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bass & Gasper Funeral Home, Inc. in Westport, about 4.6 mi away. It is one of 58 cemeteries we list in Decatur County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Westport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.21128, -85.64479
What Shirk 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
- Asbury CemeteryWestport, INCemetery1.5 mi
- Lower Union Presbyterian CemeteryWestport, INPresbyterian cemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Pisgah CemeteryWestport, INCemetery2.6 mi
- Finley CemeteryWestport, INCemetery2.7 mi
- Wesley CemeteryWestport, INCemetery2.8 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryHope, INCemetery2.8 mi
- Westport CemeteryWestport, INChristian cemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Aerie CemeteryWestport, INCemetery3.9 mi
- Hartsville College CemeteryHope, INCemetery4.5 mi
- Eddleman CemeteryWestport, INCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Shirk Cemetery
- Bass & Gasper Funeral Home, Inc.4.6 miFuneral home · Westport · (812) 591-2571
- Norman Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Hope · (812) 546-4770
- Gilliland Howe Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Greensburg · (812) 663-8341
- Porter-Oliger-Pearson Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Greensburg · (812) 663-2192
- Jewell-Rittman Funeral Service & Crematory12 miCremation provider · Columbus · (812) 372-9923
- Scheidler-Neal Monuments13 miMonument dealer · Greensburg · (812) 222-0703
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