About Thing Cemetery
Thing Cemetery is a cemetery near Shapleigh, York County, Maine. It lies about 2.7 mi southwest of Shapleigh. The grounds sit at about 604 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2737294. The nearest other listed cemetery is Deacon Ahira Baker Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Black-Heald Walker Funeral Home (formerly Lafrance-Lambert Black & Carll-Heald Black) in Springvale, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 667 cemeteries we list in York County, and 209 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in York County dates to 1819. 4 of the 667 listings in York County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shapleigh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.57036, -70.81218
What Thing 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
- Deacon Ahira Baker CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.5 mi
- Pettingell CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.6 mi
- Roberts CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.7 mi
- Wadley CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Pike CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Community CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery0.9 mi
- Norris Stanley CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery1.0 mi
- Ross CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery1.0 mi
- Maturin Abbott CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery1.2 mi
- Ross Corner CemeteryShapleigh, MECemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Thing Cemetery
- Black-Heald Walker Funeral Home (formerly Lafrance-Lambert Black & Carll-Heald Black)7.8 miFuneral home · Springvale · (207) 324-4104
- Carll-Heald and Black Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Springvale
- Autumn Green Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Alfred · (207) 459-7110
- Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Sanford · (207) 324-3090
- Lambert-LaFrance & Black Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Sanford
- Peaslee Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Sanbornville · (603) 755-3535
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