About Drake Cemetery
Drake Cemetery is a cemetery near Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It lies about 3.7 mi northwest of Huntsville. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 117456. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bailey Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Laughlin Service Funeral Home in Huntsville, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 377 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 151 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
34.68348, -86.55310
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
- Bailey CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Sivley CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.2 mi
- Morris CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.3 mi
- Donegan CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery2.8 mi
- Camp Ground CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.1 mi
- Moore - Holmes CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.1 mi
- Pickens CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- Lyon CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- McDonnell CemeteryHuntsville, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- Jones CemeteryRedstone Arsenal, ALCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Drake Cemetery
- Laughlin Service Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 534-2471
- Hampton Cove Funeral Home3.6 miFuneral home · Owens Cross Roads · (256) 518-9168
- Serenity Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-9693
- Nelms Memorial Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 539-8189
- Berryhill Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 536-9197
- Spry Funeral Home and Crematory5.5 miCremation provider · Huntsville · (256) 536-6654
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