About Cooksey Cemetery
Cooksey Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Dent County, Missouri. It lies about 8.6 mi southwest of Salem. The grounds sit at about 1,106 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 716230. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cotner Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is James & Gahr Mortuary in Salem, about 8.8 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Dent County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.75402, -91.45819
What Cooksey 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
- Cotner CemeterySalem, MOCemetery0.4 mi
- Pinto CemeterySalem, MOCemetery1.1 mi
- Fraser CemeterySalem, MOCemetery1.8 mi
- Pryor CemeterySalem, MOCemetery1.9 mi
- Delcour CemeterySalem, MOCemetery2.6 mi
- Ellis CemeterySalem, MOCemetery2.9 mi
- Dent CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Cook CemeterySteelville, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Cavanaugh CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.9 mi
- Lay CemeterySalem, MOCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Cooksey Cemetery
- James & Gahr Mortuary8.8 miMortuary · Salem · (573) 729-3117
- Wilson Mortuary9.4 miMortuary · Salem · (573) 729-5555
- Hutson Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Steelville · (573) 775-2911
- Britton-Bennett Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Steelville · (573) 775-2123
- Wilson Mortuary18 miMortuary · Viburnum · (573) 244-5554
- Jones Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · St James · (573) 265-3278
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