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Links to online cemetery lists are linked under Cemetery Name below, where available.
Some burial information also available at WPA Cemetery transcription, and at Cemetery Map.com

There are many cemeteries with unusual symbols ect, here is a link that might help describe them.
Gravestone Symbolism

Digital Gravestone Photos may be submitted for your Shelby County ancestors.
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For various maps with cemetery locations, see this mapping service .
Also refer to this Range & Township Map of Shelby County to help get your bearings

Cemetery Name

Township

 Location
(Township, Range, Section)

Lookup Contact
Astor Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Greeley Twp T81 R38 S04
NE of Defiance		 Norm Prince
Bowman's Grove
Gravestone Photo Project		 Center Twp T79 R38 S13
E of Harlan		 Denny Williams
Carlsen-Larsen Cemetery 1 mile south & 1 mile
west of Elk Horn		 T78 R37 S10 see cemetery link
Cass Township Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project
Cass Twp T79 R40 S27 see cemetery link
Clay Township Cemetery
aka Clay Hill / Oak Ridge
Gravestone Photo Project		 Clay Twp T78 R37 S10
SW of Elk Horn		 see cemetery link
Corley Cemetery*
aka Custer
Gravestone Photo Project		 Fairview Twp T78 R39 S03
NE of Corley		 see cemetery link
Cuppy's Grove Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Monroe Twp T78 R38 S07 Darleen Berens
Danway Cemetery
aka Norske		 Polk Twp T80 R37 S19
E of Kirkman
S of Irwin		 Rhonda Erb
Doyle Cemetery*
Gravestone Photo Project		 Grove Twp T81 R40 S28 Darleen Berens
Dunkard Cemetery
 Center twp, abandoned . see cemetery link
Elk Horn Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project
 Clay Twp T78 R37 S01
Elk Horn		 see online photos
Folck Cemetery*
aka Windy Knoll		 Center Twp T79 R38 S26 see cemetery link
Galland's Grove Cemetery
aka Latter Day Saints*
aka Black
aka Holcomb
Gravestone Photo Project		 Grove Twp T81 R40 S15
NW of Earling		 Darleen Berens
or
Phyllis Heller
Harlan Cemetery (at CemeteryMap.com)
also see...this index of names
Gravestone Photo Project		 Lincoln Twp T79 R39 S13
Harlan		 Eldon & Leslie Erickson
Heine Cemetery* Shelby Twp T78 R40 S26
Shelby		 Darleen Berens
Jacksonville Cemetery
formerly, Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Jackson Twp T79 R37 S17
Jacksonville		 Jan Camery Pientok
Jacobson Cemetery* Fairview Twp T78 R39 S26 see cemetery link
Lee Cemetery* Fariview Twp T78 R39 S23 see cemetery link
Leland Grove Cemetery* Cass Twp T79 R40 S31
SW of Portsmouth		 see cemetery link
Manteno Cemetery
aka Grove Township Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Grove Township T81 R40 S08
SE of Dunlap		 Darleen Berens
Merrill's Grove Cemetery
aka Fiscus
Gravestone Photo Project		 Polk Twp T80 R37 S26
Fiscus
NW of Elk Horn
SE of Irwin		 see cemetery link
Monroe United Methodist Church Cemetery
aka Monroe Township Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Monroe Twp T78 R38 S25 see cemetery link
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project 		Jefferson Twp T81 R37 S31
Irwin		 Phyllis Heller
Olsen's Cemetery*
aka Danish		 Faiview Twp T78 R39 S30
E-NE of Shelby		 Darleen Berens
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
aka Lincoln Township
aka Union Church
Gravestone Photo Project		 Lincoln Twp T79 R39 S16
W of Harlan		 Bob Christensen
Poplar Cemetery*
Gravestone Photo Project 		Polk Twp T80 R37 S36
see Township Map		 volunteer needed
Private Cemetery*
aka Danish		 Clay Twp T78 R37 S11 .
Rabbit Hollow Cemetery
aka Wicks Cemetery*
aka Kahlert Hollow		 Center Twp Section 4
SE quarter of the SE quarter		 see cemetery link
Red Line Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Polk Twp T80 R37 S21
see Township Map		 see cemetery link
Rosehill Cemetery (at CemeteryMap.com)
Gravestone Photo Project		 Douglas Twp T80 R38 S21
Kirkman		 Denny Williams
Saint Boniface Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project 		Westphalia Twp T80 R39 S21
Westphalia		 W G Langenfeld
Saint Joseph's Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project 		Union Twp T81 R39 S32
Earling		 John R Schulte
Saint Mary's Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project 		Cass Twp T79 R40 S17
Portsmouth		 Darleen Berens
Saint Mary's Cemetery
Gravestne Photo Project		 Washington Twp T80 R40 S15
Panama		 Darleen Berens
Saints Peter & Paul Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Union Twp T81 R39 S14
Defiance		 Darleen Berens
Shelby City Cemetery
Gravestone Phto Project - Shelby
Shelby Twp T78 R40 S33
Shelby		 see cemetery link
Slates Cemetery*
Gravestone Photo Project		 Douglas Twp T80 R38 S10 see cemetery link

Union Township Cemetery
 Gravestone Photo Project

Union Twp T81 R39 S14
Defiance		 Phyllis Heller
Un-named Cemetery
aka Michaelsen		 Polk Twp T80 R37 S27
Art Nielsen's		 Click here to Volunteer
Washington Township Cemetery
Gravestone Photo Project		 Washington Twp T80 R40 S22
Panama		 Darleen Berens
                * Pioneer Cemetery

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