About Elk Branch Cemetery
Elk Branch Cemetery is a cemetery near Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It lies about 4.7 mi north of Shepherdstown. The grounds sit at about 499 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1727700. The nearest funeral home we know of is Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home in Harpers Ferry, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 107 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shepherdstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.36482, -77.82777
What Elk Branch 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
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- Darke / Engle / Ronemous CemeteryCharles Town, WVCemetery0.4 mi
- Manning CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery0.5 mi
- Snyder / Hendricks CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery1.4 mi
- Uvilla CemeteryBolivar, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Saint James CemeteryBolivar, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Snyder CemeteryShepherdstown, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Duffield Colored Cemetery (African American)Bolivar, WVCemetery1.6 mi
- Melvin CemeteryBolivar, WVCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elk Branch Cemetery
- Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Harpers Ferry · (304) 724-6500
- Brown Funeral Homes & Cremations5.0 miFuneral home · Ranson · (304) 725-5321
- Melvin T Strider Colonial Funeral5.2 miFuneral home · Ranson · (304) 725-7068
- Rosedale Funeral Home & Cemetery8.9 miFuneral home · Martinsburg · (304) 263-4922
- Hammaker Memorials9.3 miMonument dealer · Martinsburg · (304) 263-3677
- Brown Funeral Homes and Cremations9.8 miFuneral home · Martinsburg · (304) 263-8896
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