About Melville Cemetery
Melville Cemetery is a cemetery near Big Timber, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It lies about 19 mi south of Big Timber. The grounds sit at about 5,315 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 774099. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hopkins Cemetery, about 11 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Perkins Funeral Home in Harlowton, about 25 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in Sweet Grass County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Big Timber. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
46.10744, -110.04045
What Melville 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.
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Funeral homes near Melville Cemetery
- Perkins Funeral Home25 miFuneral home · Harlowton · (406) 632-5833
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