About John Back Cemetery
John Back Cemetery is a cemetery near Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky. It lies about 9.6 mi northeast of Salyersville. The grounds sit at about 1,102 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2339075. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holbrook's Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Salyersville Funeral Home in Salyersville, about 9.7 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Magoffin County, and 90 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salyersville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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37.66106, -83.20079
What John Back 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
- Holbrook's CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery0.5 mi
- Gil Williams CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery0.5 mi
- Jim Blanton CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery0.9 mi
- Walters CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery1.6 mi
- Back CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery1.8 mi
- Holbrook CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery2.8 mi
- Keeton CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery2.9 mi
- Crafts CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery2.9 mi
- Puncheon CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery2.9 mi
- Kennard CemeterySalyersville, KYCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near John Back Cemetery
- Salyersville Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Salyersville · (606) 349-1282
- Magoffin County Funeral Home9.8 miFuneral home · Salyersville · (606) 349-3333
- Breathitt Funeral Home & Monument Co.12 miFuneral home · Jackson · (606) 666-2484
- Deaton Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jackson · (606) 666-2413
- Watts Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jackson · (606) 666-2405
- Herald-Stewart-Halsey Funeral18 miFuneral home · West Liberty · (606) 743-3151
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