About Dent Cemetery
Dent Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Dent County, Missouri. It lies about 6.5 mi southwest of Salem. The grounds sit at about 1,053 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 742120. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maledy Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is James & Gahr Mortuary in Salem, about 6.6 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Dent County, and 40 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
37.70229, -91.44117
What Dent 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
- Maledy CemeterySalem, MOCemetery1.3 mi
- Pryor CemeterySalem, MOCemetery2.0 mi
- Lay CemeterySalem, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Ellis CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.0 mi
- Cotner CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.4 mi
- Gibbs CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Cavanaugh CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Cooksey CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Hight CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Fraser CemeterySalem, MOCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Dent Cemetery
- James & Gahr Mortuary6.6 miMortuary · Salem · (573) 729-3117
- Wilson Mortuary7.3 miMortuary · Salem · (573) 729-5555
- Wilson Mortuary17 miMortuary · Viburnum · (573) 244-5554
- Hutson Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Steelville · (573) 775-2911
- Britton-Bennett Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Steelville · (573) 775-2123
- Mc Spadden Funeral Homes Inc21 miFuneral home · Bunker · (573) 663-7111
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