About Beth El Cemetery
Beth El Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Houston, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 5.8 mi east of Houston. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1372512. The nearest other listed cemetery is Woodlawn Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Woodlawn Funeral Home Garden of Memories in Houston, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Houston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.78495, -95.45716
What Beth El 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
- Woodlawn CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.2 mi
- Vollmer-Niemann CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery1.5 mi
- Morse-Bragg CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery2.1 mi
- Hillendahl Family CemeteryHouston, TXFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Peters United Church of Christ CemeteryHouston, TXChurch cemetery3.5 mi
- Saint John German Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryHouston, TXLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Adath Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXJewish cemetery3.7 mi
- Beth Yeshurun CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- College Memorial Park CemeteryHouston, TXMemorial park3.7 mi
- Hollywood CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Beth El Cemetery
- Woodlawn Funeral Home Garden of Memories1.2 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 682-3663
- Woodlawn Funeral Homes1.2 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 682-0517
- Integrity Funeral Care1.7 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 344-0764
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of Houston1.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 526-4267
- Earthman Funeral Directors1.9 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 465-8900
- Vazquez Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 468-2524
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Frequently asked questions
Is Beth El Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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