About Hess Cemetery
Hess Cemetery is a cemetery near Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.8 mi southeast of Gap. The grounds sit at about 427 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799713. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hershey Mennonite Church Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shivery Funeral Home in Paradise, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 187 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.
Map
40.01509, -76.05822
What Hess 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 cemetery0.4 mi
- Hershey Old Mennonite CemeteryGap, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery0.6 mi
- Horst Family CemeteryIntercourse, PAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Kinzers Mennonite CemeteryGap, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.0 mi
- Rup CemeteryGap, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Spring Garden CemeteryGap, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Pequea Old Order Mennonite CemeteryIntercourse, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery2.1 mi
- Blank CemeteryIntercourse, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Millwood Mennonite CemeteryGap, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery2.3 mi
- Christ Episcopal Church CemeteryIntercourse, PAEpiscopal cemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Hess Cemetery
- Shivery Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Paradise · (717) 687-7768
- Shivery Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Christiana · (610) 593-5967
- Groff-High-Eckenroth Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · New Holland · (717) 354-0444
- Beck Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · New Holland · (717) 354-2227
- Bachman Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory6.8 miCremation provider · Strasburg · (717) 687-7644
- Delp Monument Co7.1 miMonument dealer · Blue Ball · (717) 355-2830
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