About Drake Cemetery
Drake Cemetery is a cemetery near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It lies about 6.4 mi northwest of Huntsville. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 117457. The nearest other listed cemetery is Camp Ground Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hampton Cove Funeral Home in Owens Cross Roads, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 377 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 130 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Huntsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.68483, -86.48704
What Drake 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
- Camp Ground CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Pickens CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery0.8 mi
- Dunkin CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery0.9 mi
- King CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.1 mi
- Moore - Holmes CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Big Cove CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Potts CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Bailey CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Hayes CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery3.2 mi
- King CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Drake Cemetery
- Hampton Cove Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Owens Cross Roads · (256) 518-9168
- Laughlin Service Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 534-2471
- Serenity Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-9693
- Spry Funeral Home and Crematory7.9 miCremation provider · Huntsville · (256) 536-6654
- Berryhill Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 536-9197
- Nelms Memorial Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-8189
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