About Santa Rita Church and Cemetery
Santa Rita Church and Cemetery is a church cemetery near Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico. It lies about 29 mi southeast of Socorro. The grounds sit at about 5,515 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2796661. The nearest other listed cemetery is Word of God Cemetery, about 14 mi to the west. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Socorro County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Socorro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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34.38091, -107.22834
What Santa Rita Church and 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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