About Shire Cemetery
Shire Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa. It lies about 4.8 mi southeast of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 906 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1975971. The nearest other listed cemetery is Watkins Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mason Funeral Home in Pleasantville, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Knoxville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.35833, -93.18632
What Shire 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
- Watkins CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Anthony CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Schirey CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Burch CemeteryPleasantville, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Schlotterback CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Graceland CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Rees CemeteryPleasantville, IACemetery4.4 mi
- DeWitt CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryKnoxville, IACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Shire Cemetery
- McCall Monument4.2 miMonument dealer · Knoxville · (641) 842-2011
- Mason Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Pleasantville · (515) 848-3117
- Pierschbacher Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (641) 842-5126
- Bybee & Davis Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (641) 842-3217
- Winfield Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (641) 842-5126
- Bertrand Monument5.5 miMonument dealer · Knoxville · (641) 828-7172
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