About Valley Cemetery
Valley Cemetery is a cemetery near Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. It lies about 1.4 mi west of Shakopee. The grounds sit at about 758 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Horace B. Strait and Samuel William Pond. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 653591. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Catholic Cemetery of Shakopee, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation in Shakopee, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 30 cemeteries we list in Scott County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Scott County dates to 1856. 1 of the 30 listings in Scott County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shakopee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Valley Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Horace B. Strait1835-1894American politician
- Samuel William Pond1808-18911808-1891 , missionary among Native Americans
People whose Wikidata entry gives Valley 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
44.79662, -93.49772
What Valley 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
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery of ShakopeeShakopee, MN · est. 1856Catholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Calvary CemeteryShakopee, MNCemetery1.1 mi
- Shakopee Catholic CemeteryShakopee, MNCatholic cemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryShakopee, MNCemetery2.0 mi
- Eden Prairie CemeteryEden Prairie, MNCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery3.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryEden Prairie, MNCemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Hubert Catholic CemeteryChanhassen, MNCatholic cemetery4.8 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery5.2 mi
- Bloomington Ferry Cemetery (historical)Savage, MNCemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Valley Cemetery
- Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation0.6 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 445-1202
- Scott County Cremation0.6 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 402-9000
- McNearney - Schmidt Funeral and Cremation0.6 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 445-2755
- Huber Funeral Homes4.2 miFuneral home · Eden Prairie · (952) 949-4970
- Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel5.1 miFuneral home · Eden Prairie · (952) 975-0400
- Washburn McReavy Funeral Chapel5.1 miFuneral chapel · Eden Prairie
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