About New Salem Cemetery
New Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Jackson. The grounds sit at about 561 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2681394. The nearest other listed cemetery is Caney Fork Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is McCombs Funeral Home - Jackson in Jackson, about 11 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in Cape Girardeau County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cape Girardeau County dates to 1808. 3 of the 104 listings in Cape Girardeau County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jackson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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37.51745, -89.79948
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
- Caney Fork CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.0 mi
- Fulbright CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Kurre CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery2.7 mi
- Schmidt CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.1 mi
- Mayfield CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Wise CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.4 mi
- Riehn CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.4 mi
- Trinity Lutheran Church CemeteryPerryville, MOLutheran cemetery3.8 mi
- Byrd CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near New Salem Cemetery
- McCombs Funeral Home - Jackson11 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2424
- Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2541
- Ford & Young Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Perryville · (573) 547-2566
- Miller Family Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Perryville · (573) 547-6511
- Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel18 miFuneral chapel · Marble Hill · (573) 238-3644
- Liley Monument Works18 miMonument dealer · Marble Hill · (573) 238-2820
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