About Rural Vale Cemetery
Rural Vale Cemetery is a cemetery near Howard, Elk County, Kansas. It lies about 8.3 mi southwest of Howard. The grounds sit at about 1,122 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 475060. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cresco Cemetery, about 4.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Elk County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Howard. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.56972, -96.17934
What Rural Vale 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
- Cresco CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery4.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery4.6 mi
- Wade CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery5.3 mi
- South Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery5.6 mi
- Twin Grove CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery5.7 mi
- Browns Chapel CemeteryHoward, KSChurch cemetery7.3 mi
- Bunker Hill CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery8.7 mi
- Pike Cemetery (historical)Fredonia, KSCemetery9.0 mi
- Grace Lawn CemeteryHoward, KSCemetery9.2 mi
- Charleston CemeteryFredonia, KSCemetery9.2 mi
Funeral homes near Rural Vale Cemetery
- Zimmerman Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Howard · (620) 374-2381
- Koup Family Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Eureka · (620) 583-5575
- Wickham Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (620) 378-4111
- Countryside Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (620) 378-2882
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