About New Salem Cemetery
New Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near New Sharon, Jasper County, Iowa. It lies about 8.3 mi southeast of New Sharon. The grounds sit at about 892 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Edward J. Bebb. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 459486. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodland Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Jasper County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Sharon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at New Salem Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Edward J. Bebb1839-1916Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives New Salem Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.54663, -92.77575
What New Salem 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
- Woodland CemeteryNew Sharon, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Campbell CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Friends CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery2.5 mi
- Cemetery Hill CemeteryNew Sharon, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Chester CemeteryPella, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Sully CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Swan CemeteryGrinnell, IACemetery4.0 mi
- Baldwin CemeteryNew Sharon, IACemetery4.4 mi
- Searsboro CemeteryNew Sharon, IACemetery4.6 mi
- Stewart CemeteryNew Sharon, IACemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near New Salem Cemetery
- Holland-Coble Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · New Sharon · (641) 637-2811
- Garden Chapel Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Pella · (641) 628-2430
- Calvary Wayside Chapel12 miFuneral home · Pella
- Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Pella · (641) 628-2540
- Holland Coble Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Montezuma · (641) 623-3500
- Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service13 miCremation provider · Grinnell · (641) 236-5580
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