About Shells Cemetery
Shells Cemetery is a cemetery near Skyline View, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 3.5 mi southwest of Skyline View. The grounds sit at about 531 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801137. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Hanover Presbyterian Churchyard, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Buse Funeral Home in Grantville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Dauphin County, and 92 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Dauphin County dates to 1877. 1 of the 158 listings in Dauphin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Skyline View. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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40.37180, -76.67502
What Shells 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
- Old Hanover Presbyterian ChurchyardSkyline View, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.0 mi
- Old Hanover Church CemeterySkyline View, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.0 mi
- Manada United Christian CemeterySkyline View, PAChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Johns United Methodist Church CemeteryPalmyra, PAMethodist cemetery1.5 mi
- Balsbaugh CemeterySkyline View, PACemetery3.1 mi
- East Hanover Mennonite Church CemeteryPalmyra, PAMennonite and Amish cemetery3.2 mi
- Sherks Meeting House CemeteryPalmyra, PAChurch cemetery3.4 mi
- Kiefer's River Brethren CemeterySkyline View, PACemetery3.4 mi
- Bindnagle Lutheran CemeteryPalmyra, PALutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Old Hershey Farm CemeteryPalmyra, PACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Shells Cemetery
- Buse Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Grantville · (717) 469-2341
- Gingrich Memorials5.8 miMonument dealer · Palmyra · (717) 838-1711
- Buse Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Palmyra · (717) 838-7034
- Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.6.4 miCremation provider · Palmyra · (717) 838-9211
- Hoover Funeral Homes and Crematory6.4 miCremation provider · Harrisburg · (717) 652-8888
- Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory7.1 miCremation provider · Hershey · (717) 533-7700
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