About Ancho Cemetery
Ancho Cemetery is a cemetery in Ancho, Lincoln County, New Mexico. The grounds sit at about 6,148 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 903148. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jicarilla Cemetery, about 7.5 mi to the southeast. It is one of 33 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lincoln County dates to 1880.
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33.94347, -105.73688
What Ancho 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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Where is Ancho Cemetery located?
Ancho Cemetery is at County Road A036, Ancho, NM in Lincoln County. GPS coordinates: 33.94347, -105.73688.
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