About Hershey Old Mennonite Cemetery
Hershey Old Mennonite Cemetery is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.9 mi southeast of Gap. The grounds sit at about 413 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2800747. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hershey Mennonite Church Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shivery Funeral Home in Paradise, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 189 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, Gap. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.02277, -76.05137
What Hershey Old Mennonite 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
- Hershey Mennonite Church CemeteryIntercourse, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery0.3 mi
- Hess CemeteryGap, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Horst Family CemeteryIntercourse, PAFamily cemetery0.7 mi
- Rup CemeteryGap, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Spring Garden CemeteryGap, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Pequea Old Order Mennonite CemeteryIntercourse, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.6 mi
- Kinzers Mennonite CemeteryGap, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.7 mi
- Blank CemeteryIntercourse, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Millwood Mennonite CemeteryGap, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery2.0 mi
- Worst CemeteryGap, PACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Hershey Old Mennonite Cemetery
- Shivery Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Paradise · (717) 687-7768
- Shivery Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Christiana · (610) 593-5967
- Groff-High-Eckenroth Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · New Holland · (717) 354-0444
- Beck Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · New Holland · (717) 354-2227
- Delp Monument Co6.6 miMonument dealer · Blue Ball · (717) 355-2830
- Bachman Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory7.3 miCremation provider · Strasburg · (717) 687-7644
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hershey Old Mennonite Cemetery 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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