About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. It lies about 12 mi southwest of Carthage. The grounds sit at about 522 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 707155. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zion Hill Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilcox Funeral Home in Carthage, about 12 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Leake County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carthage. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.88179, -89.41756
What Salem 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
- Zion Hill CemeteryCarthage, MSCemetery2.6 mi
- Bethel CemeteryPearl River, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryPearl River, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Shield CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Rocky Point CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery4.1 mi
- Antioch CemeteryPearl River, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Remus CemeteryPearl River, MSCemetery4.3 mi
- Center CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Mars Hill CemeteryPearl River, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- Patterson CemeteryKosciusko, MSCemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Wilcox Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-8081
- Davidson Marble & Granite Works12 miMonument dealer · Carthage · (601) 267-3765
- Whitehead Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 298-1282
- Myricks Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Carthage · (601) 267-9223
- Central Mississippi Monument Company14 miMonument dealer · Kosciusko · (662) 289-5540
- Myricks Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Kosciusko · (662) 289-4161
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