About Shafter Cemetery
Shafter Cemetery is a cemetery near Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It lies about 0.7 mi southeast of Galesburg. The grounds sit at about 823 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Hugh Morris Shafter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 637640. The nearest other listed cemetery is Galesburg City Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services in Galesburg, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Kalamazoo County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 63 listings in Kalamazoo County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Galesburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Shafter Cemetery
- Hugh Morris Shafter1814-1882
People whose Wikidata entry gives Shafter 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
42.29670, -85.42611
What Shafter 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
- Galesburg City CemeteryGalesburg, MIMunicipal cemetery0.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery0.6 mi
- Kalamazoo County Poor Farm CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery1.2 mi
- Riverside CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery1.6 mi
- Ford CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery2.4 mi
- Howlandsburg CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery3.0 mi
- Wheaton CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery3.6 mi
- Bailey CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery3.7 mi
- Lawler CemeteryGalesburg, MICemetery4.1 mi
- Comstock CemeteryEastwood, MICemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Shafter Cemetery
- Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Galesburg · (269) 343-1508
- Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services4.3 miFuneral home · Kalamazoo · (269) 343-1508
- Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral4.7 miFuneral home · Augusta · (269) 731-4212
- Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Richland · (269) 731-4212
- Langeland Family Funeral Homes Burial & Cremation Services6.2 miFuneral home · Climax · (269) 343-1508
- Parchment-Redmond Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Parchment · (269) 349-7735
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