About Mount Vernon Cemetery
Mount Vernon Cemetery is a cemetery near Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi. It lies about 8.7 mi west of Decatur. The grounds sit at about 515 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 674289. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmon Cemetery, about 2.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Newton County Funeral Home in Newton, about 9.3 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Newton County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Decatur. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.39236, -88.97060
What Mount Vernon 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 Carmon CemeteryCollinsville, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Pleasant Ridge CemeteryDecatur, MSChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Johnson CemeteryDecatur, MSCemetery3.6 mi
- Ferguson CemeteryNewton, MSCemetery5.3 mi
- Hickory CemeteryNewton, MSCemetery5.5 mi
- McGee CemeteryMeridian, MSCemetery7.1 mi
- Brand CemeteryDecatur, MSCemetery7.2 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryMeridian, MSChristian cemetery7.2 mi
- Mississippi Veterans Memorial CemeteryNewton, MSVeterans cemetery7.4 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryMeridian, MSChristian cemetery7.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Vernon Cemetery
- Newton County Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Newton · (601) 635-3200
- Newton County Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Newton · (601) 635-3200
- Dunlap & Thames Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Newton · (601) 683-4722
- Community Funeral Directors13 miFuneral home · Newton · (601) 357-5077
- Milling Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Union · (601) 774-5779
- E E Mc Donald Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Meridian · (601) 482-0572
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