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Cemeteries in Burke County, GA
Burke County, Georgia has 187 cemeteries in our directory, listed under 8 nearby cities and towns. The most listings are near Waynesboro (114), Hephzibah (20) and Wadley (18). Among them are 77 church cemeteries (41%), 50 Baptist cemeteries (27%) and 13 family cemeteries (7%).
187
cemeteries
8
towns represented
0
historic
77
church cemeteries
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All cemeteries in Burke County
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- Alexander Methodist Church CemeteryWaynesboroMethodist cemetery
- Antioch Rock Creek Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Beech Wood Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Bell Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Bethany Methodist Church CemeterySylvaniaMethodist cemetery
- Blythe Baptist Church CemeteryHephzibahBaptist cemetery
- Bottsford Spring Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Bryant Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Burkeland Mennonite Church CemeteryWaynesboroMennonite and Amish cemetery
- Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryWadleyBaptist cemetery
- Cochran Grove Baptist Church CemeteryAugustaBaptist cemetery
- Daniel Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Doyle Grove Baptist Church CemeteryHephzibahBaptist cemetery
- Ebenezer Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Fairfield Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Families of New Springfield Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Fellowship Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Forest Hill Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Gordon Hill Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Grays Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Green Branch Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Green Grove A.M.E. Zion Church CemeteryLouisvilleMethodist cemetery
- Haven-Munnerlyn United Methodist Church CemeteryWaynesboroMethodist cemetery
- Jones Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Keys Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWrensBaptist cemetery
- McCullough Covenant Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- McElmurray Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- McElmurray Spring Branch Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- McElmurray Tabernacle Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- McKinnie Branch Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Mills Grove Baptist Church CemeterySylvaniaBaptist cemetery
- Murphy Ebenezer Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Noah's Ark Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Oak Grove Baptist Church CemeterySylvaniaBaptist cemetery
- Palmer Grove Baptist Church CemeteryHephzibahBaptist cemetery
- Portersville Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Red Hill Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Roberson Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Rosier Grove Baptist Church CemeteryLouisvilleBaptist cemetery
- Saint Clair Baptist Church CemeteryWrensBaptist cemetery
- Saint John Baptist Church CemeteryMillenBaptist cemetery
- Saint Marys Baptist Church CemeterySylvaniaBaptist cemetery
- Saint Michael's Episcopal Church Memorial GardensWaynesboroMemorial park
- Sardis First Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Second Antioch Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Second Hopeful Baptist Church CemeteryHephzibahBaptist cemetery
- Second McCanaan Baptist Church CemeterySylvaniaBaptist cemetery
- Second Phillip Grove Baptist Church CemeteryLouisvilleBaptist cemetery
- Springhill Baptist Church CemeteryHephzibahBaptist cemetery
- St Mark Methodist CemeteryWaynesboroMethodist cemetery
- Thankful Baptist Church CemeterySylvaniaBaptist cemetery
- Third Chapel Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Thompson Bridge Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Walker Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Ward Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Watkinsville Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Williams Grove Baptist Church CemeteryWaynesboroBaptist cemetery
- Abrams-Drayton-Gates-Johnson-Rivers CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Alexander CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Allen Chapel Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Allen Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Applewhite CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Applewhite Plantation CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Asbury Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Attaway CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Bark Camp CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Bark Camp CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Barrett Place CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Beech Branch CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Bethel CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Bethlehem CemeterySylvaniaCemetery
- Bines Slave CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Blount CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Botsford CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Brack CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Branch PlaceWaynesboroCemetery
- Brookins CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Brown CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Brown Grove Church CemeteryHephzibahChurch cemetery
- Brushy Creek CemeteryWrensCemetery
- Bunn CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Burke Memorial GardensWaynesboroMemorial park
- Bynes Grove CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Casevill CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Caseville CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Cason - Bynes CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Cates Memorial GardensWaynesboroMemorial park
- Church of God CemeterySylvaniaChurch cemetery
- Clark CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Clarks Chapel CemeteryHephzibahChurch cemetery
- Coleman CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Cooper-Thomas CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Corinth CemeterySylvaniaCemetery
- Cross CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Cullen CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Drillfield CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Endtime Faith Deliverance CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- First McCanaan Church CemeterySylvaniaChurch cemetery
- Foster CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Freeman CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Ganus CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- George Palmer CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Givins Grove Church CemeterySylvaniaChurch cemetery
- Glisson Quiet AcresWaynesboroCemetery
- Godbee CemeteryAugustaCemetery
- Gough Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Gray Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Green CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Green Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Gresham CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Gresham CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Grubbs Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Hall Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Hatcher CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Heath CemeteryAugustaCemetery
- Hickman CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Hines Family CemeteryWadleyFamily cemetery
- Holy Sanctuary Of Jesus CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Hopeful CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Hughes CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Imaginary Hill CemeteryWrensCemetery
- Inman CemeteryMillenCemetery
- Ivory CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Jenkins CemeterySylvaniaCemetery
- Joan Society CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Jobe Spring Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Jones Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Keysville CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Keysville Community CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Keysville Evangelistic Church CemeteryHephzibahChurch cemetery
- Keysville MausoleumHephzibahCemetery
- Knight CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Lambert CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Magnolia CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Mallard CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Margaret Ellen Warren CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- McBean CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Mead Family CemeterySylvaniaFamily cemetery
- Midville City CemeteryWadleyMunicipal cemetery
- Mixon CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Mixon CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Mobley GraveyardSylvaniaCemetery
- Moody CemeteryAugustaCemetery
- Mount Carmel Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Mount Zion C. M. E. Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Mount Zion CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Murphree CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Nasworthy CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- New & Living Way Worship Center CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Old Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Peek Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Peel Grove Church CemeteryLouisvilleChurch cemetery
- Pet CemeteryWaynesboroPet cemetery
- Phillip Grove CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Pine Hill Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Pines CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Pol Hill CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Proctor Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- Quinnie CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- R. L. Lemons Sr. CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Rachael Tucker CemeteryHephzibahCemetery
- Rays Bridge Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Red Hill CemeterySylvaniaCemetery
- Rose Dhu CemeteryLouisvilleCemetery
- Rosier CemeteryLouisvilleCemetery
- Saint Paul CemeterySylvaniaCemetery
- Saint Paul Midville Church CemeteryWadleyChurch cemetery
- Sandhill CemeteryLouisvilleCemetery
- Sardis CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Schmidt Family CemeteryHephzibahFamily cemetery
- Second Springfield Church CemeteryWaynesboroChurch cemetery
- Sheppard Place CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Slave CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Smith CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Smith Chapel CemeteryMillenChurch cemetery
- Smith Family CemeteryWaynesboroFamily cemetery
- St. Johns Church CemeterySylvaniaChurch cemetery
- Straight Gate Church of God CemeteryWadleyChurch cemetery
- Sycamore CemeteryWadleyCemetery
- Taylor CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Usher CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Walker Scott CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Walter Jones CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Waynesboro Confederate Memorial CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- White CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Williams Grove CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
- Wimberly CemeteryWaynesboroCemetery
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How Burke County compares
Burke County has 76.4 listed cemeteries per 10,000 residents, against 13.4 for Georgia, which puts it 34th of 159 Georgia counties on this measure. Census estimates count 304 deaths here in 2024, about 76 for each of the 4 funeral homes we know of (67th of 159 by number of funeral homes).
| Measure | Burke County | Georgia | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemeteries per 10,000 residents | 76.4 | 13.4 | 34th of 159 |
| Cemeteries per 100 square miles | 22.6 | 25.9 | 82nd of 159 |
| Deaths in 2024 (estimate) | 304 | 97,250 | 78th of 159 |
| Deaths in 2024 per listed cemetery | 1.6 | 6.5 | 134th of 159 |
| Funeral homes | 4 | 775 | 67th of 159 |
| Deaths in 2024 per funeral home | 76 | 125 | 85th of 153 |
| Cremation providers | 0 | 118 | 49th of 159 |
| Monument dealers | 0 | 34 | 29th of 159 |
| Notable burials | 1 | 859 | 51st of 159 |
Population and deaths: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates. Land area: 2020 Census Gazetteer. Funeral homes, cremation providers and monument dealers come from our sister directory, Funeral Home Directory USA. Ranks run from the highest value down, among Georgia counties with the figure available. Compare Burke County with other places.
Funeral providers
Funeral homes and monument dealers in Burke County
- Burke Memorial Funeral HomeFuneral home · Waynesboro · (706) 551-5100
- Chavous B. Johnson Funeral ServiceFuneral home · Waynesboro · (706) 554-7843
- DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott Funeral Home & Cremation ServiceFuneral home · Waynesboro · (706) 554-3531
- Phinazee & Son Funeral HomeFuneral home · Waynesboro · (706) 554-5500
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
How many cemeteries are in Burke County?
We list 187 cemeteries in Burke County, Georgia. Small family burial grounds recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey are included, so the count is higher than the number of cemeteries with an office or staff.
Where are burial records for Burke County kept?
Death certificates are held by the Georgia vital records office and often the county clerk or health department. Individual cemeteries keep their own interment records; church cemeteries may keep them at the parish office. County historical and genealogical societies often have transcriptions of older cemeteries.
Can I visit family cemeteries in Burke County?
Many family cemeteries sit on private land. Ask the landowner before visiting. Georgia law may give descendants a right of reasonable access, but the rules and process vary by state.
Guides
Related guides
- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How to Write an ObituaryWhat to include, a fill-in template, where to publish, what newspapers charge by, and how to protect the family from identity theft.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.
- How Long Do You Own a Cemetery Plot?What you actually buy when you buy a plot, the right of interment, and how ownership passes to heirs.