About Colony Cemetery
Colony Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Marie Howland, Bayard Taylor Holmes and John Emery McLean. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 134560. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Fairhope, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Baldwin County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 81 listings in Baldwin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairhope. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Colony Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers.
- Marie Howland1836-1921American feminist
- Bayard Taylor Holmes1852-1924American surgeon, malacologist
- John Emery McLean1865-1935Canadian-American author
People whose Wikidata entry gives Colony 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
30.52788, -87.90383
What Colony 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
- Fairhope Colony CemeteryFairhope, ALCemetery0.0 mi
- Memory Gardens of FairhopeFairhope, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Twin Beech CemeteryPoint Clear, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Montrose CemeteryDaphne, ALCemetery3.0 mi
- Fairhope Friends Quaker CemeteryFairhope, ALQuaker cemetery3.2 mi
- Confederate Rest CemeteryPoint Clear, ALCemetery3.4 mi
- Greter Montrose AME CemeteryDaphne, ALMethodist cemetery3.5 mi
- Bethel Lutheran Church CemeteryPoint Clear, ALChristian cemetery3.8 mi
- Little Bethel Cemetery1902 Main Street, Daphne, ALBaptist cemetery5.3 mi
- Belforest CemeteryDaphne, ALCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Colony Cemetery
- Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Fairhope · (251) 990-7775
- Hughes Funeral Home & Crematory5.6 miCremation provider · Daphne · (251) 621-5890
- Small's Mortuary5.6 miMortuary · Daphne · (251) 990-3929
- Dfs Memorials6.7 miMonument dealer · Daphne · (251) 206-5572
- Mack Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · Robertsdale · (251) 947-7781
- B.E. Brown & Co. Mortuary12 miMortuary · Mobile · (251) 662-9600
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