About Shanks Cemetery
Shanks Cemetery is a cemetery near Kenton, Wyandot County, Ohio. It lies about 7.2 mi southwest of Kenton. The grounds sit at about 919 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730729. The nearest other listed cemetery is Goodhope Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clark Shields Funeral Home in Forest, about 6.8 mi away. It is one of 88 cemeteries we list in Wyandot County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kenton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.70195, -83.49207
What Shanks 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
- Goodhope CemeteryForest, OHCemetery0.7 mi
- McKendree CemeteryKenton, OHCemetery3.4 mi
- Schriver CemeteryForest, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Thomas CemeteryForest, OHCemetery3.9 mi
- Grant CemeteryKenton, OHCemetery3.9 mi
- York Street CemeteryForest, OHCemetery4.1 mi
- Terry Hill CemeteryKenton, OHCemetery4.4 mi
- Hastings CemeteryKenton, OHCemetery5.0 mi
- Jackson Center CemeteryForest, OHCemetery5.0 mi
- Fehl CemeteryUpper Sandusky, OHCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Shanks Cemetery
- Clark Shields Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Forest · (419) 273-2631
- Price Mcelroy Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Kenton · (419) 673-7211
- Price Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mt Victory · (937) 354-3641
- Lucas-Batton Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Upper Sandusky · (419) 294-1985
- Bringman Clark Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Upper Sandusky
- Crates Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Arlington · (419) 365-5262
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