About Shafer Cemetery
Shafer Cemetery is a cemetery near Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia. It lies about 3.7 mi east of Buchanan. The grounds sit at about 1,040 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1487021. The nearest other listed cemetery is Houseman Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Botetourt Funeral Home, Inc. in Buchanan, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Botetourt County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Buchanan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.53082, -79.74764
What Shafer 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
- Houseman CemeteryBuchanan, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Linkenhoker CemeteryFincastle, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Fairview CemeteryBuchanan, VACemetery3.5 mi
- Mays CemeteryBuchanan, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Simmons CemeteryFincastle, VACemetery5.6 mi
- Rudisill CemeteryBuchanan, VACemetery5.7 mi
- Wesley Chapel CemeteryBuchanan, VAChurch cemetery5.9 mi
- Piney Grove CemeteryFincastle, VACemetery6.5 mi
- Thompson CemeteriesBlue Ridge, VACemetery6.6 mi
- Robinson CemeteryBuchanan, VACemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Shafer Cemetery
- Botetourt Funeral Home, Inc.2.2 miFuneral home · Buchanan · (540) 254-3000
- Botetourt Funeral Home8.1 miFuneral home · Eagle Rock · (540) 884-2276
- Rader Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Daleville · (540) 992-1212
- Oakey's Funeral Service & Crematory15 miCremation provider · Roanoke · (540) 977-3909
- Updike Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Bedford · (540) 586-3304
- Oakey Funeral Service and Crematory17 miCremation provider · Roanoke · (540) 362-1237
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