About Merkey Cemetery
Merkey Cemetery is a cemetery near Pine Grove, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 5.7 mi northwest of Pine Grove. The grounds sit at about 591 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2488620. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bashore Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hill Funeral Home in Rehrersburg, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 256 cemeteries we list in Berks County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berks County dates to 1846. 2 of the 256 listings in Berks County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pine Grove. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.48741, -76.31036
What Merkey 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
- Bashore CemeteryPine Grove, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Bethel Mennonite CemeteryMyerstown, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.4 mi
- Salem Reformed Church CemeteryMyerstown, PAChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Frystown CemeteryFredericksburg, PACemetery2.9 mi
- Little Swatara COB CemeteryMyerstown, PAChristian cemetery3.0 mi
- Little Swatara Church of the Brethren CemeteryMyerstown, PAChurch cemetery3.0 mi
- Little Mountain Mennonite Church CemeteryFredericksburg, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.1 mi
- Ziegler Family CemeteryMyerstown, PAFamily cemetery3.1 mi
- Frantz CemeteryMyerstown, PACemetery3.1 mi
- Lebanon Valley Mennonite Church CemeteryMyerstown, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Merkey Cemetery
- Hill Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Rehrersburg · (610) 678-3461
- H L Snyder Funeral Home Inc5.8 miFuneral home · Pine Grove · (570) 345-2266
- Weaver Memorials6.7 miMonument dealer · Strausstown · (610) 488-6691
- Grose Funeral Home Inc7.7 miFuneral home · Myerstown · (717) 866-4233
- Minnig-Berger Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Tremont
- Mull Funeral Home & Cremation Services11 miFuneral home · Womelsdorf · (610) 589-2821
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