About Shafer Cemetery
Shafer Cemetery is a cemetery near Towanda, Butler County, Kansas. It lies about 8.1 mi south of Towanda. The grounds sit at about 1,312 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 473717. The nearest other listed cemetery is McGill Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater, about 6.7 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Butler County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Towanda. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.90752, -97.04865
What Shafer 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
- McGill CemeteryTowanda, KSCemetery1.5 mi
- Potwin CemeteryTowanda, KSCemetery2.7 mi
- Brainerd CemeteryTowanda, KSCemetery4.2 mi
- Harder CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery5.1 mi
- Baker CemeteryEl Dorado, KSCemetery6.4 mi
- Haldeman CemeteryEl Dorado, KSCemetery6.6 mi
- Green Valley CemeteryPark City, KSCemetery6.8 mi
- Swiss CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery6.9 mi
- Union CemeteryAndover, KSCemetery7.0 mi
- Whitewater CemeteryNewton, KSCemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shafer Cemetery
- Lamb Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Whitewater · (316) 799-2000
- SI Memorials12 miMonument dealer · El Dorado · (316) 321-6080
- Carlson Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · El Dorado · (316) 321-1657
- Kirby-Morris Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · El Dorado · (316) 321-2260
- Heritage Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · El Dorado · (316) 321-1001
- Heritage Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Andover · (316) 733-1020
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