About Old African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Old African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is a methodist cemetery near Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 7.7 mi north of Quarryville. The grounds sit at about 440 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801424. The nearest other listed cemetery is Penn Hill Burial Ground, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Dewald Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc. in Quarryville, about 7.4 mi away. It is one of 608 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 54 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, Quarryville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.78663, -76.18226
What Old African Methodist Episcopal 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
- Penn Hill Burial GroundQuarryville, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Little Britain Presbyterian CemeteryOxford, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.6 mi
- Old Little Britain Presbyterian CemeteryOxford, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Zion United Methodist CemeteryQuarryville, PAMethodist cemetery2.1 mi
- Boyd CemeterySusquehanna Trails, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Bethel Mennonite Church and SchoolQuarryville, PAChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Ballance Meeting CemeteryOxford, PACemetery2.7 mi
- Old Chestnut Level Presbyterian CemeteryQuarryville, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.9 mi
- Mount Sinai Union American Methodist Episcopal Church CemeterySusquehanna Trails, PAMethodist cemetery3.0 mi
- Rigby CemeterySusquehanna Trails, PACemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Old African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Dewald Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc.7.4 miCremation provider · Quarryville · (717) 786-3530
- White Rose Memorials7.7 miMonument dealer · Delta · (717) 456-5256
- Reynolds and Shivery Funeral Home, Inc7.8 miFuneral home · Quarryville · (717) 786-3272
- Wagner-Elfner and Harkins Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.8.7 miFuneral home · Delta · (717) 456-5915
- R.T. Foard Funeral Directors & Crematory8.9 miCremation provider · Rising Sun · (410) 658-6030
- Edward L. Collins Funeral Home Inc.11 miFuneral home · Oxford · (610) 932-9584
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Frequently asked questions
Is Old African Methodist Episcopal 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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