About Wise Cemetery
Wise Cemetery is a cemetery near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It lies about 11 mi southeast of Jackson. The grounds sit at about 472 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 743318. The nearest other listed cemetery is Riehn Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is McCombs Funeral Home - Jackson in Jackson, about 10 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in Cape Girardeau County, and 67 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.
Map
37.47537, -89.83096
What Wise 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
- Riehn CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery0.7 mi
- Kurre CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery0.7 mi
- Schmidt CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Estes CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.4 mi
- Caney Fork CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.5 mi
- Old Salem CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Baker CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.8 mi
- Old Niswonger CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.9 mi
- Mayfield CemeteryJackson, MOCemetery1.9 mi
- Niswonger Methodist Church CemeteryJackson, MOMethodist cemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Wise Cemetery
- McCombs Funeral Home - Jackson10 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2424
- Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jackson · (573) 243-2541
- Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel15 miFuneral chapel · Marble Hill · (573) 238-3644
- Liley Monument Works15 miMonument dealer · Marble Hill · (573) 238-2820
- Lily Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Marble Hill
- Ford & Young Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Perryville · (573) 547-2566
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