About Fort Shaw Cemetery
Fort Shaw Cemetery is a cemetery near Choteau, Cascade County, Montana. It lies about 27 mi northwest of Choteau. The grounds sit at about 3,507 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762322. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fort Shaw Soldiers Cemetery (historical), about 0.7 mi to the east. It is one of 30 cemeteries we list in Cascade County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Choteau. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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47.50689, -111.83553
What Fort Shaw 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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