About Polk Cemetery
Polk Cemetery is a cemetery near Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It lies about 1.8 mi south of Prentiss. The grounds sit at about 446 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 676181. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Grove Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Saulters-Moore Funeral Services in Prentiss, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 196 cemeteries we list in Jefferson Davis County, and 132 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Prentiss. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.62405, -89.86479
What Polk 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
- Green Grove CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.8 mi
- Magee CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery0.9 mi
- Prentiss CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.3 mi
- Hartzog CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Bass CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.7 mi
- Newton CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Durr CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Magee CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
- Ward CemeteryPrentiss, MSCemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Polk Cemetery
- Saulters-Moore Funeral Services1.5 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-4229
- Laird's Mortuary1.7 miMortuary · Prentiss · (601) 792-4500
- Johnson Funeral Home Inc1.8 miFuneral home · Prentiss · (601) 792-5629
- Reeves Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3921
- Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mt. Olive15 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (601) 797-3811
- Wilson Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Monticello · (601) 587-2573
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