About Ben Salem Cemetery
Ben Salem Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 5.2 mi northeast of Lehighton. The grounds sit at about 827 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2799426. The nearest other listed cemetery is Normal Square Burial Ground, about 1.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schaeffer Funeral Home in Lehighton, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 78 cemeteries we list in Carbon County, and 79 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lehighton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.77264, -75.77213
What Ben Salem 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
- Normal Square Burial GroundSummit Hill, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Christ Evangelical Free Church CemeterySummit Hill, PAChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Zimmerman CemeterySummit Hill, PACemetery2.5 mi
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryLehighton, PAChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Dinkey Memorial CemeteryLehighton, PACemetery3.1 mi
- New Dinkey Memorial CemeteryLehighton, PACemetery3.2 mi
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church CemeterySummit Hill, PAMethodist cemetery4.0 mi
- Strauss CemeterySummit Hill, PACemetery4.1 mi
- Gnaden Huetten CemeteryLehighton, PACemetery4.8 mi
- Huetten CemeteryLehighton, PACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Ben Salem Cemetery
- Schaeffer Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Lehighton · (610) 377-1020
- Andrew P Ovsak Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Lehighton · (610) 377-0520
- Mayes-Melber Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Lehighton · (610) 377-0510
- Miller Funeral Home, Inc.5.7 miFuneral home · Lehighton · (610) 377-1153
- Robert S. Nester Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.5.9 miFuneral home · New Ringgold · (570) 386-5884
- Kevin E Hunsicker Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Washington Twp · (610) 767-3700
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ben Salem Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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