About Firemens Cemetery
Firemens Cemetery is a cemetery near New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 2.4 mi west of New Orleans. The grounds sit at about 3 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 549826. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Bartholomew Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mothe Funeral Homes in New Orleans, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Orleans Parish, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orleans Parish dates to 1789. 1 of the 48 listings in Orleans Parish have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Orleans. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.94268, -90.03738
What Firemens 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
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- Oliver CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery0.8 mi
- McDonoghville CemeteryGretna, LACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Vincent De Paul CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery1.9 mi
- Mandeville CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery1.9 mi
- Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis King of France CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One425 Basin Street, New Orleans, LA · est. 1789Cemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Roch Cemetery 2New Orleans, LACemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Roch Cemetery 1New Orleans, LACemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Firemens Cemetery
- Mothe Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 366-4343
- Murray Henderson Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 366-4597
- Davis Mortuary Services Inc0.9 miMortuary · Gretna · (504) 361-8649
- Rhodes Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Gretna · (504) 367-0621
- Heritage Funeral Directors1.6 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 944-5500
- Jazz Funeral1.8 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 412-9561
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