About Silva Cemetery
Silva Cemetery is a cemetery near Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It lies about 5.8 mi southeast of Capitan. The grounds sit at about 7,087 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1985276. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nogal Cemetery, about 4.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Professional Crematory Services in Ruidoso, about 19 mi away. It is one of 33 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 3 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
33.60413, -105.64478
What Silva 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
- Nogal CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery4.4 mi
- Capitan CemeteryEast Last Road, Capitan, NMCemetery5.2 mi
- Encinoso CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery9.9 mi
- Fort Stanton CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery11 mi
- New Fort Stanton CemeteryNM 220, Fort Stanton, NMCemetery11 mi
- Cedarvale CemeteryCounty Road A044, White Oaks, NM · est. 1880Cemetery11 mi
- Patos CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery12 mi
- Reventon CemeteryCarrizozo, NMCemetery13 mi
- Carrizozo Cemetery17th Street, Carrizozo, NMCemetery13 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryDrexel Boulevard, Carrizozo, NMCemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near Silva Cemetery
- Professional Crematory Services19 miCremation provider · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
- New Dawn Cremations19 miFuneral home · Ruidoso · (575) 630-0161
- LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso19 miFuneral chapel · Ruidoso · (575) 257-7303
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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.