About Shields Cemetery
Shields Cemetery is a cemetery near Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Gallipolis. The grounds sit at about 781 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1046209. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dyke Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mccoy Moore Funeral Homes Inc in Vinton, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 162 cemeteries we list in Gallia County, and 101 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gallipolis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.96868, -82.30570
What Shields 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
- Dyke CemeteryGallipolis, OHCemetery0.5 mi
- Upper McCarley CemeteryGallipolis, OHCemetery1.3 mi
- Lower McCarley CemeteryGallipolis, OHCemetery1.3 mi
- Eblin CemeteryMiddleport, OHCemetery2.1 mi
- McLiesh CemeteryWellston, OHCemetery2.1 mi
- McGehee CemeteryWellston, OHCemetery2.1 mi
- Glenn CemeteryWellston, OHCemetery2.1 mi
- Morgan Center CemeteryMiddleport, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Holcomb CemeteryWellston, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Clark Chapel CemeteryGallipolis, OHChurch cemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shields Cemetery
- Mccoy Moore Funeral Homes Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Vinton · (740) 388-8321
- Birchfield Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rutland · (740) 742-2333
- Wilcoxen Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Point Pleasant · (304) 675-4384
- Deal Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Point Pleasant · (304) 675-6000
- Crow-Hussell Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Point Pleasant · (304) 675-2630
- Waugh-Halley Wood Funeral Inc12 miFuneral home · Gallipolis · (740) 446-0173
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