About Drake Cemetery
Drake Cemetery is a cemetery near New Hope, Madison County, Alabama. It lies about 1.8 mi south of New Hope. The grounds sit at about 614 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 117455. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hayden Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is New Hope Funeral Home in New Hope, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 377 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Hope. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.56238, -86.39850
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
- Hayden CemeteryNew Hope, ALCemetery1.7 mi
- New Hope CemeteryNew Hope, ALCemetery2.1 mi
- Chandler CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery2.5 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryNew Hope, ALCemetery3.5 mi
- Moon CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery3.7 mi
- Byrd CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery3.7 mi
- Glover CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery3.8 mi
- Baker CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery3.8 mi
- Bush CemeteryOwens Cross Roads, ALCemetery4.1 mi
- Bethel CemeteryNew Hope, ALCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Drake Cemetery
- New Hope Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · New Hope · (256) 723-4241
- Grant Memorial Chapel8.7 miFuneral chapel · Grant · (256) 728-2000
- Grant Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Grant
- Hampton Cove Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Owens Cross Roads · (256) 518-9168
- Brindlee Mountain Chapel Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Laceys Spring · (256) 498-7100
- Laughlin Service Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Huntsville · (256) 534-2471
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