About Portertown Cemetery
Portertown Cemetery is a christian cemetery in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama. The grounds sit at about 778 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 125184. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lexington Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Loretto Memorial Chapel Inc in Loretto, about 8.0 mi away. It is one of 170 cemeteries we list in Lauderdale County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
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34.98508, -87.35302
What Portertown 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
- Lexington CemeteryAlabama Highway 101, Lexington, ALChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Moore CemeteryShelton Road West, Lexington, ALChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Shelton CemeteryRogersville, ALCemetery2.1 mi
- Peppertown CemeteryLoretto, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Peppertown CemeteryRogersville, ALCemetery2.5 mi
- Harmon CemeteryLauderdale County 88, Lexington, ALChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Truitt CemeteryLoretto, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Cottrell CemeteryLoretto, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Second Creek CemeteryLoretto, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Pettus CemeteryRogersville, ALCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Portertown Cemetery
- Loretto Memorial Chapel Inc8.0 miFuneral chapel · Loretto · (931) 853-6995
- Odems Chapel8.9 miFuneral home · St Joseph
- Greenhill Funeral Home Inc9.7 miFuneral home · Florence · (256) 757-0160
- Elkins East Chapel9.9 miFuneral home · Killen · (256) 936-5799
- Rogersville Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Rogersville · (256) 247-1090
- Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Lawrenceburg · (931) 762-3291
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Portertown Cemetery located?
Portertown Cemetery is at Lauderdale County 489, Lexington, AL 35648 in Lauderdale County. GPS coordinates: 34.98508, -87.35302.
Is Portertown Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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