About Fort Stanton Cemetery
Fort Stanton Cemetery is a cemetery near Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It lies about 4.8 mi northwest of Capitan. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Fort Stanton Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Professional Crematory Services in Ruidoso, about 13 mi away. It is one of 33 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lincoln County dates to 1880.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Capitan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.48748, -105.52556
What Fort Stanton 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
- New Fort Stanton CemeteryNM 220, Fort Stanton, NMCemetery0.6 mi
- Capitan CemeteryEast Last Road, Capitan, NMCemetery5.4 mi
- Griego CemeteryUS 380, Lincoln, NMCemetery6.9 mi
- George Coe CemeteryGlencoe, NMCemetery7.1 mi
- Glencoe CemeteryOld Highway Road, Glencoe, NMCemetery7.2 mi
- San Ysidro CemeterySan Ysidro Lane, Ruidoso Downs, NMCemetery7.5 mi
- Billy The Kid CemetaryRuidoso Downs, NMCemetery7.7 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryUS 380, Lincoln, NMCemetery8.6 mi
- Stetson CemeteryUS 70, Ruidoso Downs, NMCemetery9.5 mi
- Silva CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Fort Stanton Cemetery
- Professional Crematory Services13 miCremation provider · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
- LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso13 miFuneral chapel · Ruidoso · (575) 257-7303
- New Dawn Cremations13 miFuneral home · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
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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.
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