About Salem Cemetery
Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It lies about 5.9 mi southwest of Forest City. The grounds sit at about 1,086 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 994156. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walls Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home in Bostic, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 99 cemeteries we list in Rutherford County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Forest City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.40012, -81.79843
What Salem 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
- Walls CemeteryForest City, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- New Vernon Church CemeteryForest City, NCChristian cemetery2.9 mi
- Corinth Baptist Church CemeteryForest City, NCBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Lebanon Baptist Church CemeteryForest City, NCBaptist cemetery3.3 mi
- Carson Chapel CemeteryForest City, NCChurch cemetery3.6 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryForest City, NCCemetery3.8 mi
- Piney Mountain Church CemeteryForest City, NCChurch cemetery4.1 mi
- Bostic CemeteryForest City, NCCemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Olivet Church CemeteryForest City, NCChurch cemetery4.2 mi
- Glover CemeteryForest City, NCCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Salem Cemetery
- Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Bostic · (828) 248-1234
- Padgett & King Mortuary5.8 miMortuary · Forest City · (828) 245-4951
- Pruitt Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Forest City · (828) 248-2242
- Thompson Mortuary & Chapel6.7 miMortuary · Forest City · (828) 245-0258
- Harrelson Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Forest City · (828) 660-1400
- Hardin Monuments8.1 miMonument dealer · Forest City · (828) 248-2125
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