About Forbestown Cemetery
Forbestown Cemetery is a cemetery near Challenge-Brownsville, Butte County, California. It lies about 4.4 mi south of Challenge-Brownsville. The grounds sit at about 2,785 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2792081. The nearest other listed cemetery is Foss Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Scheer Memorial Chapel in Oroville, about 14 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Butte County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Challenge-Brownsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.52721, -121.27850
What Forbestown 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
- Foss CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACemetery2.5 mi
- Brownsville Evergreen CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACemetery3.9 mi
- Mooretown CemeteryBerry Creek, CACemetery4.6 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryOroville East, CACemetery6.1 mi
- Indian CemeteryBerry Creek, CACemetery6.8 mi
- Upham CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACemetery7.7 mi
- Strawberry Valley CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACemetery9.1 mi
- Keystone CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACemetery9.2 mi
- Lake Madrone CemeteryBerry Creek, CACemetery11 mi
- Dobbins Sacred Heart Catholic CemeteryChallenge-Brownsville, CACatholic cemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Forbestown Cemetery
- Scheer Memorial Chapel14 miFuneral chapel · Oroville · (530) 533-5255
- Oroville Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Oroville · (530) 533-0323
- Ramsey Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Oroville · (530) 534-3877
- Hooper and Weaver Mortuary24 miMortuary · Nevada City · (530) 265-2429
- Rose Chapel Mortuary Crematory24 miCremation provider · Paradise · (530) 877-4923
- Newton-Bracewell Cremation and Funeral Service24 miFuneral home · Paradise · (530) 873-7602
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