About McWhorter Cemetery
McWhorter Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It lies about 7.4 mi north of Lexington. The grounds sit at about 741 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Helena Geer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 335771. The nearest other listed cemetery is Moody Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel in Crawford, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 147 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lexington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at McWhorter Cemetery
- Helena Geer1792-1853
People whose Wikidata entry gives McWhorter Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
33.76450, -83.13260
What McWhorter 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
- Moody CemeteryLexington, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryLexington, GABaptist cemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryLexington, GABaptist cemetery1.0 mi
- Smith CemeteryLexington, GACemetery1.0 mi
- Anthony Family CemeteryLexington, GAFamily cemetery1.8 mi
- Center Methodist Church CemeteryLexington, GAChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Smith - Freeman CemeteryLexington, GACemetery2.3 mi
- Sunset Street CemeteryLexington, GACemetery2.5 mi
- Durham-Gilliam CemeteryLexington, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Maxeys Christian Church CemeteryLexington, GAChurch cemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near McWhorter Cemetery
- Barrett Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel8.3 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-6177
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes8.3 miFuneral home · Crawford · (706) 743-5030
- Jones Funeral Chapel9.1 miFuneral chapel · Crawford · (706) 743-3618
- Watts Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Union Point · (706) 486-4557
- Callaway Funeral Home and Georgia's Lake Country Crematory11 miCremation provider · Union Point · (706) 486-4138
- Mc Commons Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Greensboro · (706) 453-2626
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