About Fort Sumner Cemetery
Fort Sumner Cemetery is a cemetery in Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico. The grounds sit at about 4,121 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 897009. The nearest other listed cemetery is McCabe Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chavez Funeral Home in Fort Sumner, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in De Baca County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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34.47880, -104.22700
What Fort Sumner 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
- McCabe CemeteryMcCabe Street, Fort Sumner, NMCemetery1.5 mi
- La Lande CemeteryLa Lande, NMCemetery4.5 mi
- Old Fort Sumner CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery5.5 mi
- Locust Grove CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery11 mi
- Morris CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery11 mi
- Ricardo CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery11 mi
- Guadalupe CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery12 mi
- Gerhardt CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery12 mi
- Taiban CemeteryCounty Road 3-2, Taiban, NMCemetery12 mi
- Salado CemeteryFort Sumner, NMCemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Fort Sumner Cemetery
- Chavez Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Fort Sumner · (575) 355-2311
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Sumner Cemetery located?
Fort Sumner Cemetery is at Hill Dunn Street, Fort Sumner, NM in De Baca County. GPS coordinates: 34.47880, -104.22700.
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