About Shields Cemetery
Shields Cemetery is a cemetery near Morgantown, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It lies about 7.8 mi southwest of Morgantown. The grounds sit at about 194 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 677662. The nearest other listed cemetery is Adams Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jefferson Funeral Home in Natchez, about 7.4 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Morgantown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.67155, -91.28427
What Shields 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
- Adams CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- Drake-Magruder CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Smith CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery2.8 mi
- Painters CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Wood CemeteryFayette, MSCemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery4.2 mi
- Winston CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Brandon CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery4.6 mi
- White CemeteryFayette, MSCemetery4.7 mi
- Foster CemeteryMorgantown, MSCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Shields Cemetery
- Natchez Monument7.3 miMonument dealer · Natchez · (601) 445-5912
- Jefferson Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 897-0110
- West Gate Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 448-0092
- Marshall Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 442-6300
- Curtis Funeral System Inc10 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 445-4674
- Laird Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Natchez · (601) 442-3636
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