About Liston Cemetery
Liston Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Sumner, Chaves County, New Mexico. It lies about 36 mi northwest of Fort Sumner. The grounds sit at about 4,334 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 891105. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ingram Cemetery, about 11 mi to the northeast. It is one of 14 cemeteries we list in Chaves County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Sumner. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.02257, -103.92022
What Liston 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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