About Briar Fork Cemetery
Briar Fork Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas. It lies about 9.5 mi northwest of Newport. The grounds sit at about 223 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 46932. The nearest other listed cemetery is Burton Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jackson's Newport Funeral Home in Newport, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 69 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.49674, -91.17873
What Briar Fork 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
- Burton CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery1.1 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery3.5 mi
- Eight Mile CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery5.3 mi
- Johnstown CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery5.3 mi
- McDonald CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery5.4 mi
- Watson CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery6.0 mi
- Johnson CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery6.2 mi
- Wilkerson CemeteryNewport, ARCemetery6.7 mi
- Anthony Family CemeteryNewport, ARFamily cemetery6.8 mi
Funeral homes near Briar Fork Cemetery
- Jackson's Newport Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Newport · (870) 523-5822
- Lewis Brothers Mortuary9.3 miMortuary · Newport · (870) 523-5679
- Tolerson and Sons Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Newport · (870) 523-3729
- Taylor Kimbrough Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Newport · (870) 523-8207
- Dillinger Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Newport · (870) 523-3633
- Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · McCrory · (870) 731-2551
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