About Galestown Cemetery
Galestown Cemetery is a cemetery near Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland. It lies about 8.8 mi northwest of Hurlock. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Homer Smoot. The nearest other listed cemetery is Galestown Methodist Church Old Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hannigan Short Disharoon Funeral Home Inc in Laurel, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in Dorchester County, and 100 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hurlock. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Galestown Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Homer Smoot1878-1928American MLB player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Galestown Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.55936, -75.71523
What Galestown 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
- Galestown Methodist Church Old CemeteryHurlock, MDChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Wallace CemeteryHurlock, MDCemetery0.6 mi
- Methodist Protestant Church CemeteryHebron, MDChristian cemetery1.3 mi
- Taylor's CemeteryHebron, MDCemetery1.4 mi
- Wheatley Family CemeteryHurlock, MDFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Connoley Family CemeteryHebron, MDFamily cemetery1.7 mi
- Badley Family CemeteryHebron, MDFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- John Twiford Family CemeteryHebron, MDFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Redman CemeteryHebron, MDCemetery2.1 mi
- Vincent Family CemeteryFederalsburg, MDFamily cemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Galestown Cemetery
- Hannigan Short Disharoon Funeral Home Inc7.5 miFuneral home · Laurel · (302) 875-3637
- Cranston Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Seaford · (302) 629-9237
- Watson-Yates Funeral Home & Crematorium8.2 miCremation provider · Seaford · (302) 629-8561
- Coffin Cremations8.3 miFuneral home · Seaford · (302) 536-1502
- Bennie Smith Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Seaford · (302) 628-8280
- Short Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Delmar · (302) 907-0225
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