About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Morehead, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It lies about 8.3 mi southeast of Morehead. The grounds sit at about 417 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 502772. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethlehem Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Tucker Memorial Chapel in Sacramento, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in Muhlenberg County, and 47 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Morehead. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.36810, -87.26568
What Salem 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
- Bethlehem CemeteryMorehead, KYCemetery1.3 mi
- Shavers CemeteryMorehead, KYCemetery1.4 mi
- Scott CemeteryMorehead, KYCemetery1.6 mi
- Brier Creek CemeteryMorehead, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- New Shavers Chapel United Methodist Church CemeteryMorehead, KYMethodist cemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Pisgah CemeteryMorehead, KYCemetery3.3 mi
- Sacramento Church CemeteryCalhoun, KYChristian cemetery3.5 mi
- Cumberland Church CemeteryCalhoun, KYChristian cemetery3.6 mi
- Gish CemeteryCentral City, KYCemetery3.6 mi
- Free Union CemeteryCalhoun, KYCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Tucker Memorial Chapel3.1 miFuneral chapel · Sacramento · (270) 736-2362
- Tucker Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Central City · (270) 754-1551
- Rose Hill Monument Sales10.0 miMonument dealer · Central City · (270) 754-2246
- Muster Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Livermore · (270) 278-2337
- Muster Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Calhoun · (270) 683-2202
- Bibbs Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Greenville · (270) 338-1713
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