About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama. It lies about 3.2 mi south of Fort Payne. The grounds sit at about 866 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 150239. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walnut Grove Church Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Wilson Funeral Home & Crematory in Fort Payne, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Payne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.48987, -85.71243
What Franklin 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
- Walnut Grove Church CemeteryFort Payne, ALChurch cemetery0.2 mi
- Hixon CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery0.3 mi
- Smith Creek CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery0.3 mi
- Green CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery1.1 mi
- Lankford CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery1.7 mi
- Scott CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Sulphur Springs CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.1 mi
- Green CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Old Antioch CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Smith CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Wilson Funeral Home & Crematory1.5 miCremation provider · Fort Payne · (256) 845-9150
- Burt Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Fort Payne · (256) 845-3233
- Burt Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Valley Head · (256) 635-6247
- Burt Funeral Home Inc7.1 miFuneral home · Valley Head · (256) 635-6247
- Rainsville Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Rainsville · (256) 638-2122
- Burt Funeral Home Inc7.8 miFuneral home · Valley-head · (256) 662-1033
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