About Elder Cemetery
Elder Cemetery is a cemetery near Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland. It lies about 2.5 mi northeast of Emmitsburg. The grounds sit at about 499 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1711202. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Emmitsburg, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Frederick County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Frederick County dates to 1750. 3 of the 118 listings in Frederick County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Emmitsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.67287, -77.35137
What Elder 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
- Mount Saint Mary's CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDCemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDCemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Elias CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDLutheran cemetery2.6 mi
- St. Joseph's CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDCatholic cemetery2.6 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDCemetery2.7 mi
- Dodge Chapel CemeteryThurmont, MDChurch cemetery3.1 mi
- Toms Creek Methodist CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDMethodist cemetery3.2 mi
- Elias CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDCemetery3.2 mi
- Emmitsburg CemeteryEmmitsburg, MDPresbyterian cemetery3.6 mi
- Apples CemeteryThurmont, MDCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Elder Cemetery
- Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Emmitsburg · (301) 447-6244
- Blacks Funeral Home Pa4.4 miFuneral home · Thurmont · (240) 288-1300
- Stauffer Funeral Homes4.7 miFuneral home · Thurmont · (301) 271-7777
- Black's Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Sabillasville · (240) 288-1300
- Monahan Funeral Home Inc8.0 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (717) 334-2414
- Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Taneytown · (410) 756-6688
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