About Fairpoint Cemetery
Fairpoint Cemetery is a cemetery near Rapid City, Meade County, South Dakota. It lies about 51 mi southwest of Rapid City. The grounds sit at about 3,064 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1254983. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chalk Butte Cemetery, about 12 mi to the southeast. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Meade County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Meade County dates to 1948. 3 of the 27 listings in Meade County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rapid City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
44.74879, -102.78575
What Fairpoint 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.
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