About Upper Millcreek Amish Graveyard
Upper Millcreek Amish Graveyard is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.5 mi north of Brownstown. The grounds sit at about 381 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801169. The nearest other listed cemetery is Johns Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Furman Home For Funerals in Leola, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 302 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lancaster County dates to 1873. 3 of the 608 listings in Lancaster County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brownstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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What Upper Millcreek Amish Graveyard 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
- Johns CemeteryBrownstown, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Kurtz - Zook - Baer GraveyardLeola, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Carpenter Church CemeteryBrownstown, PAChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Trumbauer CemeteryLeola, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Zion Lutheran CemeteryLeola, PALutheran cemetery1.4 mi
- Weidler GraveyardBrownstown, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Gerber - Vandersaal CemeteryLeola, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Oregon Community United Methodist CemeteryBrownstown, PAMethodist cemetery1.6 mi
- Bard CemeteryLeola, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Brownstown Evangelical CemeteryBrownstown, PACemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Upper Millcreek Amish Graveyard
- Furman Home For Funerals2.1 miFuneral home · Leola · (717) 656-6833
- Stradling Funeral Home - Akron3.9 miFuneral home · Akron · (717) 859-1230
- Cremation Services of Pennsylvania4.5 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 392-3900
- Charles F Snyder Funeral Home and Crematory4.5 miCremation provider · Manheim Twp · (717) 560-5100
- Cremation Services of Pennsylvania4.6 miCremation provider · Lititz · (717) 392-3900
- Richard H Heisey Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Lititz · (717) 626-2464
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Frequently asked questions
Is Upper Millcreek Amish Graveyard a Mennonite and Amish cemetery?
Our records list a Mennonite and Amish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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