About Gem Cemetery
Gem Cemetery is a cemetery near Colby, Thomas County, Kansas. It lies about 8.0 mi west of Colby. The grounds sit at about 3,094 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 471207. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sacred Heart Cemetery, about 6.8 mi to the west. The nearest mortuary we know of is Baalmann Mortuary in Colby, about 7.7 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Thomas County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Colby. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.42278, -100.90598
What Gem 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
- Sacred Heart CemeteryColby, KSCemetery6.8 mi
- Beulah CemeteryColby, KSCemetery7.4 mi
- Cumberland CemeteryColby, KSCemetery8.6 mi
- Rexford CemeteryHoxie, KSCemetery9.2 mi
- Mingo CemeteryColby, KSCemetery9.5 mi
- Menlo CemeteryHoxie, KSCemetery9.6 mi
- Saint Patrick CemeteryColby, KSCemetery13 mi
- Lone Star CemeteryColby, KSCemetery13 mi
- Summers Township CemeteryColby, KSMunicipal cemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Gem Cemetery
- Baalmann Mortuary7.7 miMortuary · Colby · (785) 462-2331
- Paul’s Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Selden · (785) 386-4311
- Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley20 miMortuary · Oakley · (785) 671-1132
- Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Oakley · (785) 672-3671
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