About Polk Cemetery
Polk Cemetery is a cemetery near West Salem, Ashland County, Ohio. It lies about 5.3 mi east of West Salem. The grounds sit at about 1,276 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1806365. The nearest other listed cemetery is Burge Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Matteson Funeral Home in West Salem, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Ashland County, and 72 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.94421, -82.20432
What Polk 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
- Burge CemeteryAshland, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Chilcote CemeteryAshland, OHCemetery2.4 mi
- Albion CemeteryWest Salem, OHCemetery2.5 mi
- Cannon CemeteryAshland, OHCemetery2.6 mi
- Swope CemeteryWest Salem, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- King CemeteryWest Salem, OHCemetery3.4 mi
- Heiffner CemeteryAshland, OHCemetery3.8 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryWest Salem, OHCemetery3.9 mi
- Evangelical Church GraveyardWest Salem, OHChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- Rickle CemeteryWest Salem, OHCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Polk Cemetery
- Matteson Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · West Salem · (419) 853-4000
- Roberts Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Ashland · (419) 289-8958
- Denbow-Gasche Funeral Home & Crematory7.8 miCremation provider · Ashland · (419) 281-2566
- Heyl Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Ashland · (419) 289-8233
- Harter Family Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Ashland · (419) 289-1552
- Fickes Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Jeromesville · (419) 368-6021
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