About Shellsburg Cemetery
Shellsburg Cemetery is a cemetery near Palo, Benton County, Iowa. It lies about 5.3 mi southeast of Palo. The grounds sit at about 804 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2000356. The nearest funeral home we know of is Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Benton County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Palo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.09857, -91.88840
What Shellsburg 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
- Oakwood CemeteryPalo, IACemetery0.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryVinton, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Crawford CemeteryPalo, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Greenwood Pioneer CemeteryPalo, IACemetery2.5 mi
- Strawn CemeteryPalo, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Parkers Grove CemeteryAtkins, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Pleasant Ridge CemeteryCenter Point, IACemetery4.4 mi
- McBroom CemeteryCenter Point, IACemetery4.4 mi
- Old Palo CemeteryPalo, IACemetery4.4 mi
- Dickenson CemeteryPalo, IACemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shellsburg Cemetery
- Phillips Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Vinton · (319) 472-2388
- Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service8.3 miFuneral home · Center Point · (319) 849-1567
- Monuments By Winona8.4 miMonument dealer · Vinton · (319) 361-6098
- Vinton Monuments9.0 miMonument dealer · Vinton · (319) 310-4724
- Teahen Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Cedar Rapids · (319) 396-2616
- Cedar Memorial - Westside Chapel14 miFuneral home · Cedar Rapids
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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