About Thoreau Cemetery
Thoreau Cemetery is a cemetery near Thoreau, McKinley County, New Mexico. It lies about 1.0 mi southwest of Thoreau. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Lake Cemetery, about 9.8 mi to the northeast. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in McKinley County, and 1 other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Thoreau. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.40827, -108.20657
What Thoreau 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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