About Shanks Cemetery
Shanks Cemetery is a cemetery near Teague, Freestone County, Texas. It lies about 7.8 mi south of Teague. The grounds sit at about 469 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368054. The nearest other listed cemetery is Session Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Corley Porter Funeral Home in Wortham, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 77 cemeteries we list in Freestone County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 77 listings in Freestone County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Teague. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.73239, -96.33109
What Shanks 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
- Session CemeteryWortham, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Nemo CemeteryFairfield, TXCemetery3.0 mi
- Woodland CemeteryWortham, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Rocky Branch CemeteryWortham, TXCemetery3.8 mi
- Cotton Gin CemeteryTeague, TXCemetery3.9 mi
- Webb-Branch CemeteryWortham, TXCemetery4.6 mi
- Oak Island CemeteryMexia, TXCemetery4.7 mi
- New Hope CemeteryMexia, TXCemetery5.2 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryTeague, TXCemetery5.4 mi
- Spillers CemeteryMexia, TXCemetery6.1 mi
Funeral homes near Shanks Cemetery
- Corley Porter Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Wortham · (254) 765-3560
- Emanuel Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Teague · (254) 739-2686
- Bowers Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Teague · (254) 739-2511
- Moore's Angelic Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Teague · (254) 739-2399
- Blair-Stubbs Memorials8.1 miMonument dealer · Mexia · (254) 472-0777
- Dorsey and Keatts Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Mexia · (254) 562-5338
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