About Messiah Lutheran Cemetery
Messiah Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 4.9 mi southwest of Matamoras. The grounds sit at about 594 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2800598. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fetterhoffs Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd. A Minnich Funeral Location in Millersburg, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Dauphin County, and 44 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, Matamoras. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.50004, -76.88244
What Messiah Lutheran 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
- Fetterhoffs CemeteryMatamoras, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Philip Christian Enders Memorial CemeteryElizabethville, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Fairview CemeteryElizabethville, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Rutters Farm CemeteryMatamoras, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Straws CemeteryElizabethville, PACemetery3.1 mi
- Ebenezer Evangelical United Brethren Church CemeteryMillersburg, PAChurch cemetery3.3 mi
- Forneys United Brethren in Christ CemeteryElizabethville, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church CemeteryMatamoras, PALutheran cemetery3.3 mi
- Free Grace Brethren in Christ Church CemeteryMillersburg, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.4 mi
- Zion Lutheran Church CemeteryElizabethville, PALutheran cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Messiah Lutheran Cemetery
- Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd. A Minnich Funeral Location4.9 miFuneral home · Millersburg · (717) 692-3298
- Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd. A Minnich Funeral Location4.9 miFuneral home · Elizabethville · (717) 362-8522
- George P. Garman Funeral Homes7.6 miFuneral home · Liverpool · (717) 444-3313
- Vischer Funeral Supplies Inc10 miFuneral home · Lykens · (800) 752-8767
- Ronald C.L. Smith Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Duncannon · (717) 834-4515
- James A. Reed Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pillow · (570) 758-4294
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Frequently asked questions
Is Messiah Lutheran Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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