About Shopes Mennonite Cemetery
Shopes Mennonite Cemetery is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Highspire. The grounds sit at about 397 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799432. The nearest funeral home we know of is Knight K M Funeral Home in Highspire, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Dauphin County, and 118 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Dauphin County dates to 1877. 1 of the 158 listings in Dauphin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Highspire. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.22152, -76.77589
What Shopes 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
- Shope's CemeteryHighspire, PACemetery0.0 mi
- Mumma CemeteryHighspire, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Highspire Cemetery115 Richardson Road, Highspire, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryHighspire, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Highspire Church of God CemeteryHighspire, PAChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Stoner Family Farm CemeteryHighspire, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Swartz Nissley CemeteryRutherford, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Alleman CemeteryRutherford, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Midland CemeteryBressler, PACemetery2.2 mi
- Churchville CemeteryBressler, PACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Shopes Mennonite Cemetery
- Knight K M Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Highspire · (717) 939-5602
- Wiedeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.1.9 miFuneral home · Harrisburg · (717) 939-2344
- Gingrich Memorials2.6 miMonument dealer · Middletown · (717) 944-3441
- Fager-finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.2.9 miCremation provider · Middletown · (717) 944-7413
- Matinchek Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Middletown · (717) 944-7015
- Weideman funeral home3.1 miFuneral home · Steelton · (717) 939-2344
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shopes 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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