About Upton Cemetery
Upton Cemetery is a cemetery near Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It lies about 18 mi east of Portales. The grounds sit at about 4,324 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 896049. The nearest other listed cemetery is Floyd Cemetery, about 5.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Wheeler Mortuary in Portales, about 18 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Roosevelt County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Portales. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.15549, -103.65233
What Upton 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
Funeral homes near Upton Cemetery
- Wheeler Mortuary18 miMortuary · Portales · (575) 356-4455
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