About Mount Salem Cemetery
Mount Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Knox County, Missouri. It lies about 13 mi south of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 758 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2777515. The nearest other listed cemetery is Anderson Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coder Chapel in La Belle, about 11 mi away. It is one of 53 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Knox County dates to 1853.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shelbyville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.98749, -92.05048
What Mount 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
- Anderson CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery0.9 mi
- Pence CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Hickman CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery2.5 mi
- Coe CemeteryEdina, MOCemetery2.9 mi
- Baldwin Family CemeteryShelbyville, MOFamily cemetery2.9 mi
- Nelson CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Lear CemeteryEdina, MOCemetery3.4 mi
- Rouner-Minor CemeteryEdina, MO · est. 1853Christian cemetery3.5 mi
- Newark CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery3.5 mi
- Deer CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Salem Cemetery
- Coder Chapel11 miFuneral home · La Belle · (660) 213-3225
- Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel14 miFuneral chapel · Edina · (660) 397-2233
- Doss Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Edina · (660) 397-3300
- Ball-Davis Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Ewing · (573) 494-3203
- Greening Eagan and Hayes Funeral21 miFuneral home · Shelbina · (573) 588-4134
- Elliott Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Atlanta · (660) 239-4512
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