About Balch Cemetery
Balch Cemetery is a cemetery near Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas. It lies about 12 mi west of Mankato. The grounds sit at about 1,506 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 472826. The nearest other listed cemetery is Laurel Hill Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the north. The nearest mortuary we know of is Melby Mortuary in Mankato, about 12 mi away. It is one of 47 cemeteries we list in Jewell County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mankato. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.79789, -97.98067
What Balch 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
- Laurel Hill CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery3.2 mi
- Switzers Gap CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery3.9 mi
- Delta CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery4.0 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery4.8 mi
- Caldwell CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery5.2 mi
- Courtland CemeteryBelleville, KSCemetery5.6 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryBelleville, KSCemetery5.6 mi
- Persinger CemeteryBelleville, KSCemetery5.9 mi
- White Rock CemeteryBelleville, KSCemetery6.6 mi
- Fairview CemeteryMankato, KSCemetery7.6 mi
Funeral homes near Balch Cemetery
- Melby Mortuary12 miMortuary · Mankato · (785) 378-3211
- Kleppinger Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jewell · (785) 428-3221
- Williams Funeral Home and Monuments16 miFuneral home · Superior · (402) 879-3123
- Williams Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Superior
- Price Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Superior · (402) 879-3900
- Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Belleville · (785) 527-2211
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