About New Salem Cemetery
New Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 4.6 mi southeast of Rayville. The grounds sit at about 79 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 537628. The nearest other listed cemetery is James Chapel Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Tennant Funeral Home in Rayville, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Richland Parish, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rayville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.52041, -91.81568
What New 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
- James Chapel CemeteryRayville, LAChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Roberts CemeteryRayville, LACemetery2.3 mi
- Irwin Lake CemeteryRayville, LACemetery2.9 mi
- Wynn CemeteryRayville, LACemetery3.3 mi
- Love and Charity CemeteryRayville, LACemetery3.3 mi
- Royal Blue CemeteryRayville, LACemetery3.3 mi
- Start CemeteryRayville, LACemetery3.9 mi
- Horn CemeteryRayville, LACemetery5.0 mi
- Masonic CemeteryRayville, LACemetery5.2 mi
- Trio CemeteryRayville, LACemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near New Salem Cemetery
- Tennant Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Rayville · (318) 728-5808
- Brown-Holley Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Rayville · (318) 728-4167
- Peaceful Rest Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Rayville · (318) 728-1020
- Mulhearn Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Rayville · (318) 728-4444
- Griffin Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Monroe · (318) 396-3191
- Mulhearn Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Monroe · (318) 323-0505
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