About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi. It lies about 3.4 mi east of Durant. The grounds sit at about 430 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 706691. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sproles Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Southern Funeral Home in Lexington, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Holmes County, and 69 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Durant. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.07957, -89.91286
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
- Sproles CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Wesley Chapel CemeteryDurant, MSChurch cemetery0.9 mi
- Bush CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Durant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.7 mi
- Barksdale CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery2.9 mi
- Damascus CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Gages Springs CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Owen CemeteryLexington, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Durant CemeteryDurant, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Macedonia CemeteryGoodman, MSCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Southern Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
- Affordable Funeral Home Of Durant3.4 miFuneral home · Durant · (662) 653-3770
- Porter and Sons Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-3198
- Century Hairston Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2617
- Delta Burial8.4 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-1611
- Southern Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Lexington · (662) 834-2607
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Frequently asked questions
Is Salem Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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