About Nelson Cemetery
Nelson Cemetery is a cemetery near Shelbyville, Knox County, Missouri. It lies about 12 mi south of Shelbyville. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 723165. The nearest other listed cemetery is Newark Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Coder Chapel in La Belle, about 10 mi away. It is one of 53 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 25 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
39.97948, -91.99017
What Nelson 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
- Newark CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery1.2 mi
- Old Newark Baptist Church CemeteryShelbyville, MOBaptist cemetery1.3 mi
- Downing CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery2.1 mi
- Lear CemeteryEdina, MOCemetery2.4 mi
- Rouner-Minor CemeteryEdina, MO · est. 1853Christian cemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Salem CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery3.2 mi
- Glover CemeteryMonticello, MOCemetery4.1 mi
- Anderson CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery4.1 mi
- Washburn CemeteryEdina, MOCemetery4.2 mi
- Pence CemeteryShelbyville, MOCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Nelson Cemetery
- Coder Chapel10 miFuneral home · La Belle · (660) 213-3225
- Ball-Davis Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Ewing · (573) 494-3203
- Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel16 miFuneral chapel · Edina · (660) 397-2233
- Doss Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Edina · (660) 397-3300
- Greening Eagan and Hayes Funeral20 miFuneral home · Shelbina · (573) 588-4134
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.