About Croft Cemetery
Croft Cemetery is a cemetery near Ballplay, Etowah County, Alabama. It lies about 5.3 mi southeast of Ballplay. The grounds sit at about 600 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Josiah Leath and Rachel Leath. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 164228. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lebanon Advent Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home in Gadsden, about 8.0 mi away. It is one of 66 cemeteries we list in Etowah County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ballplay. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Croft Cemetery
- Josiah Leath1770-1850American man
- Rachel Leathborn 1770American homemaker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Croft Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.10264, -85.88289
What Croft 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
- Lebanon Advent CemeteryBallplay, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Beulah CemeteryBallplay, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Sheppard CemeteryLeesburg, ALCemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Pisgah Baptist Church CemeteryGadsden, ALBaptist cemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Tabor CemeteryBallplay, ALCemetery5.1 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryLeesburg, ALCemetery5.9 mi
- Greenwood Church CemeteryWhitesboro, ALChurch cemetery5.9 mi
- Smith Chapel CemeteryBallplay, ALChurch cemetery6.5 mi
- Pilgrims Rest CemeteryCollinsville, ALCemetery6.6 mi
- New Bethel CemeteryBallplay, ALCemetery6.6 mi
Funeral homes near Croft Cemetery
- Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 492-5550
- House of Solace Funeral Services, LLC9.1 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 646-6976
- Gadsden Memorial Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 492-4366
- Adams-buggs Funeral Services9.3 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 546-0432
- Crestwood Memorial Cemetery & Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 836-7577
- Collier-Butler Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Gadsden · (256) 543-2140
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