About West Side Cemetery
West Side Cemetery is a cemetery near Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The grounds sit at about 509 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Thomas J. Strait and Ira B. Jones. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227496. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Presbyterian Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Crawford Funeral Home in Lancaster, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Lancaster County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lancaster. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Side Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Thomas J. Strait1846-1924American politician
- Ira B. Jones1851-1927American judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Side Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.72181, -80.77729
What West Side 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 Presbyterian CemeteryLancaster, SCChristian cemetery0.4 mi
- Clinton Memorial CemeteryLancaster, SCCemetery0.7 mi
- Lancaster Memorial ParkLancaster Mill, SCMemorial park1.7 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryLancaster, SCCemetery3.6 mi
- Caskey CemeteryLancaster, SCCemetery4.2 mi
- Waxhaw CemeteryLancaster, SCCemetery5.6 mi
- Nebo Church CemeteryLancaster, SCChurch cemetery6.0 mi
- Cureton CemeteryLancaster, SCCemetery6.5 mi
- Elmwood CemeteryIrwin, SCCemetery6.8 mi
- North Corner Church CemeteryLancaster, SCChurch cemetery6.9 mi
Funeral homes near West Side Cemetery
- Crawford Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (803) 285-3261
- A Simple Service Burial and Cremation0.3 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (803) 283-3344
- Mc Mullen Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (803) 283-4085
- Jerry L. Hartley Funeral Home LLC1.7 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (803) 285-8000
- McCray Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Lancaster · (803) 286-4100
- Burgess Funeral Home and Crematory2.2 miCremation provider · Lancaster · (803) 283-2100
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