About Newtown United Methodist Cemetery
Newtown United Methodist Cemetery is a methodist cemetery near Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.4 mi north of Mount Joy. The grounds sit at about 387 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2798869. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sherk Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sheetz Funeral Home, Inc. in Mount Joy, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 196 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, Mount Joy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.07611, -76.49364
What Newtown United Methodist 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
- Sherk CemeteryColumbia, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Grider Family CemeteryColumbia, PAFamily cemetery1.5 mi
- Hershey - Hiestand CemeteryMarietta, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Kinderhook Evangelical Congregational CemeteryColumbia, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Moore CemeteryColumbia, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Musser Family Farm CemeterySalunga, PACemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Peters Roman Catholic CemeteryColumbia, PACatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Ironville Methodist Church CemeteryMountville, PAMethodist cemetery2.1 mi
- Eberle CemeteryMount Joy, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Musser CemeteryMountville, PACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Newtown United Methodist Cemetery
- Sheetz Funeral Home, Inc.2.4 miFuneral home · Mount Joy · (717) 653-5441
- Buch Funeral Home, Inc.2.4 miFuneral home · Mount Joy · (717) 653-4371
- Workman Funeral Homes2.7 miFuneral home · Columbia · (717) 684-6633
- Clyde W Kraft Funeral Home Inc2.8 miFuneral home · Columbia · (717) 684-2370
- Smedley-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory3.6 miCremation provider · Marietta · (717) 426-3614
- Workman Funeral Homes4.1 miFuneral home · Mountville · (717) 285-4513
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Frequently asked questions
Is Newtown United Methodist Cemetery a Methodist cemetery?
Our records list a Methodist affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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