About Palmer Kensington Burial Ground
Palmer Kensington Burial Ground is a cemetery near Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.4 mi southwest of Philadelphia. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1183223. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Michael Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is McElvarr Funeral Homes Inc in Philadelphia, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 172 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Philadelphia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.97471, -75.12955
What Palmer Kensington Burial Ground 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
- Saint Michael CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Anne's CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Augustine's ChurchyardPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Fairhill CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Benjamin Franklin's GravePhiladelphia, PACemetery1.8 mi
- Christ Church Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAChristian cemetery1.9 mi
- Saint Peters German Redemptionist Fathers CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Peter's CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery2.1 mi
- Belvue CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Paul's Burial GroundPhiladelphia, PAEpiscopal cemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Palmer Kensington Burial Ground
- McElvarr Funeral Homes Inc0.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 739-1473
- Burns Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 634-6858
- Hubert M McBride Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 426-8989
- Edward H. McBride Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 739-4162
- Cordoza Jacks Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 763-4456
- O'Neill-Boyle Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 739-6655
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