About Nicholson Cemetery
Nicholson Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It lies about 14 mi northwest of Athens. The grounds sit at about 561 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 329031. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oconee Baptist Church Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Jones Funeral Chapel in Crawford, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 173 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.78206, -83.26321
What Nicholson 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
- Oconee Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, GABaptist cemetery0.4 mi
- William Walker CemeteryAthens, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Aycock Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Thurman CemeteryAthens, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Eidson Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Bugg CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.0 mi
- Bugg Family CemeteryAthens, GAFamily cemetery2.0 mi
- Benjamin Smith CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.4 mi
- Fambrough CemeteryAthens, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church CemeteryAthens, GABaptist cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Nicholson Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Chapel8.7 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel9.7 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-6177
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes9.7 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-5030
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 546-1587
- Oconee Memorial Funeral Directors12 miFuneral home · Watkinsville · (706) 769-5688
- Mack & Payne Funeral Home Inc13 miFuneral home · Athens · (706) 543-8213
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