About Shield Cemetery
Shield Cemetery is a cemetery near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. It lies about 7.9 mi south of Scotland Neck. The grounds sit at about 49 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 994675. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Gilbert Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shawn Lea Funeral Home in Scotland Neck, about 7.9 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Halifax County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Halifax County dates to 1854.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Scotland Neck. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.24154, -77.44497
What Shield 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
- Mount Gilbert CemeteryScotland Neck, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Marys Chapel Baptist Church CemeteryScotland Neck, NCBaptist cemetery5.4 mi
- Scotland Neck CemeteryScotland Neck, NCCemetery6.7 mi
- Hales CemeteryHalifax, NCCemetery7.0 mi
- Madry CemeteryScotland Neck, NCCemetery7.2 mi
- Westray CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery8.3 mi
- Willow Oak CemeteryJackson, NCCemetery8.7 mi
- Rich Square Town CemeteryJackson, NCMunicipal cemetery9.1 mi
- Hall CemeteryScotland Neck, NCCemetery9.3 mi
- Rea CemeteriesScotland Neck, NCCemetery9.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shield Cemetery
- Shawn Lea Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-4577
- Parker Chapel8.0 miFuneral home · Jackson
- Mutts-Willoughby Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-4406
- Letchworth-Sykes Funeral Service8.1 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-2035
- New Beginnings Funeral Services8.3 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-0282
- Wilder's Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Rich Square · (252) 539-2300
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