About New Salem Cemetery
New Salem Cemetery is a cemetery near Selmer, McNairy County, Tennessee. It lies about 6.8 mi southeast of Selmer. The grounds sit at about 548 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1308720. The nearest other listed cemetery is Buena Vista Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shackelford Funeral Directors in Selmer, about 6.8 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in McNairy County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Selmer. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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35.26091, -88.63893
What New Salem 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
- Buena Vista CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Refuge CemeteryHenderson, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Bethel Springs CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Rose Hill CemeterySelmer, TNChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Liberty CemeterySelmer, TNChristian cemetery3.5 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryHenderson, TNCemetery3.8 mi
- Curtis Hill CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery4.0 mi
- Center Ridge CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery4.2 mi
- Moores CemeterySelmer, TNChristian cemetery4.2 mi
- Ingle CemeterySelmer, TNCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near New Salem Cemetery
- Shackelford Funeral Directors6.8 miFuneral home · Selmer · (731) 645-3481
- Selmer Mortuary, LLC7.3 miMortuary · Selmer · (731) 645-3426
- Halton Chapel8.6 miFuneral home · Henderson
- Shackelford Funeral Directors13 miFuneral home · Henderson · (731) 989-2421
- Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lexington · (919) 242-4100
- Shackelford Funeral Directors13 miFuneral home · Henderson · (731) 989-2421
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