About Folsom Cemetery
Folsom Cemetery is a cemetery near Rapid City, Custer County, South Dakota. It lies about 29 mi northwest of Rapid City. The grounds sit at about 2,785 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2773632. The nearest other listed cemetery is Seventh - day Adventist Church Cemetery, about 10 mi to the southwest. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in Custer County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
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
43.79068, -102.80453
What Folsom 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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