About New Salem Cemetery
New Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Alton, Oregon County, Missouri. It lies about 6.4 mi north of Alton. The grounds sit at about 646 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2702587. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cave Spring Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clary Funeral Home in Alton, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Oregon County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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36.60407, -91.37145
What New 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
- Cave Spring CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Norman CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery4.4 mi
- Lance CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery5.9 mi
- Cotton Creek CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery6.0 mi
- Dills CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery6.2 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryThayer, MOCemetery6.6 mi
- Jobe CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery6.7 mi
- Byrd CemeteryThayer, MOCemetery6.7 mi
- Smith CemeteryAlton, MOCemetery7.2 mi
- Hollis Cemetery Number 1Alton, MOCemetery7.9 mi
Funeral homes near New Salem Cemetery
- Clary Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Alton · (417) 778-7221
- Clary Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Thayer · (417) 264-7221
- Wortham Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Hardy · (870) 856-5656
- Heath Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Hardy · (870) 856-5656
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