About Lankford Cemetery
Lankford Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama. It lies about 1.8 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 150326. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Burt Funeral Home in Fort Payne, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 37 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
34.46934, -85.72906
What Lankford 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
- Green CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Franklin CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery1.7 mi
- Walnut Grove Church CemeteryFort Payne, ALChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Old Antioch CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Hixon CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Smith Creek CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.0 mi
- Scott CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.1 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.4 mi
- Green CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Hammack CemeteryFort Payne, ALCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Lankford Cemetery
- Burt Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Fort Payne · (256) 845-3233
- Wilson Funeral Home & Crematory2.5 miCremation provider · Fort Payne · (256) 845-9150
- Burt Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Valley Head · (256) 635-6247
- Rainsville Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Rainsville · (256) 638-2122
- W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel8.1 miFuneral chapel · Rainsville · (256) 638-2700
- Burt Funeral Home Inc8.8 miFuneral home · Valley Head · (256) 635-6247
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