About Shumate Cemetery
Shumate Cemetery is a cemetery near Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. It lies about 5.2 mi north of Princeton. The grounds sit at about 2,533 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1552888. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hill Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roselawn Funeral Home & Cemetery in Princeton, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 156 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 136 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Princeton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.29122, -81.10092
What Shumate 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
- Hill CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery0.7 mi
- Mills CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery0.9 mi
- Wimmer CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.2 mi
- Wilson CemeteryBluefield, WVCemetery1.3 mi
- Pruett CemeteryBluefield, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Atkins CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Underwood CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Hartwell CemeteryBluefield, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Harry CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Bowling CemeteryPrinceton, WVCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Shumate Cemetery
- Roselawn Funeral Home & Cemetery4.1 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 833-4007
- Roselawn Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Princeton
- Greenbrier Burial Park5.3 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 426-2643
- Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 425-8176
- Seaver Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Princeton
- Seaver Funeral Svc Inc5.3 miFuneral home · Princeton · (304) 425-2282
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