About Independent Cemetery
Independent Cemetery is a cemetery near Caledonia, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It lies about 3.7 mi south of Caledonia. The grounds sit at about 732 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1566894. The nearest other listed cemetery is Painsville Chapel Cemetary, about 1.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Heritage Funeral Homes in Oak Creek, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Milwaukee County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Milwaukee County dates to 1847. 4 of the 64 listings in Milwaukee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Caledonia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.85776, -87.94969
What Independent 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
- Painsville Chapel CemetaryFranklin, WIChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryOak Creek, WICemetery1.6 mi
- Oak Creek CemeteryOak Creek, WICemetery3.2 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryCaledonia, WILutheran cemetery3.4 mi
- All Souls CemetaryFranklin, WICemetery3.6 mi
- Saint James CemeteryGreendale, WICemetery3.9 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryFranklin, WICemetery4.3 mi
- Caledonia Memorial ParkCaledonia, WIMemorial park4.4 mi
- Saint Matthews CemeteryOak Creek, WIChristian cemetery4.5 mi
- Forest Hill Memorial ParkOak Creek, WIMemorial park4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Independent Cemetery
- Heritage Funeral Homes1.3 miFuneral home · Oak Creek · (414) 761-2750
- Heritage Funeral Homes3.8 miFuneral home · Oak Creek · (414) 321-7440
- Sunset Options Funeral & Cremation Services4.8 miCremation provider · Oak Creek · (414) 892-4126
- Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral and Cremation Service5.0 miCremation provider · Franklin · (414) 427-0707
- Prasser-Kleczka Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Milwaukee · (414) 282-6080
- Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral and Cremation Service5.7 miCremation provider · South Milwaukee · (414) 304-5745
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