About Shirk's Mennonite Cemetery
Shirk's Mennonite Cemetery is a mennonite and Amish cemetery near Scotland, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.4 mi east of Scotland. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801614. The nearest other listed cemetery is Norland Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Kelso-Cornelius Funeral Home & On-site Crematory in Chambersburg, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 185 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 95 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Scotland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.97201, -77.63192
What Shirk's Mennonite 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
- Norland CemeteryChambersburg, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Parklawns Memorial GardensScotland, PAMemorial park0.5 mi
- Brinzer - Brainer CemeteryChambersburg, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Chambersburg Mennonite CemeteryChambersburg, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.3 mi
- Salem United Brethren CemeterySalem Road Ext, Chambersburg, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Green Village United Methodist CemeteryScotland, PAMethodist cemetery1.8 mi
- Culbertson Mennonite Church CemeteryScotland, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery1.9 mi
- Greenvillage Lutheran CemeteryScotland, PALutheran cemetery2.0 mi
- Scotland United Methodist Church CemeteryScotland, PAMethodist cemetery2.4 mi
- Covenanter CemeteryScotland, PACemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Shirk's Mennonite Cemetery
- Kelso-Cornelius Funeral Home & On-site Crematory1.9 miCremation provider · Chambersburg · (717) 267-2454
- Sellers Funeral Home & Cremation Services2.6 miFuneral home · Chambersburg · (717) 263-3414
- Thomas L Geisel Funeral Home & Cremation Center3.3 miFuneral home · Chambersburg · (717) 264-6416
- Gordon's Memorials3.8 miMonument dealer · Chambersburg · (717) 264-8443
- Simplechoice Cremation Services, Inc.4.5 miCremation provider · Chambersburg · (717) 264-2176
- Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home & Crematorium7.8 miCremation provider · Shippensburg · (717) 532-2211
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shirk's Mennonite Cemetery a Mennonite and Amish cemetery?
Our records list a Mennonite and Amish affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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