About Thaxton Cemetery
Thaxton Cemetery is a cemetery in Rayle, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 659 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 324031. The nearest other listed cemetery is County Line Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Callaway Funeral Home and Georgia's Lake Country Crematory in Union Point, about 10 mi away. It is one of 286 cemeteries we list in Oglethorpe County, and 102 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
Map
33.74037, -82.96822
What Thaxton 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
- County Line CemeteryUnion Point, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Old County Line Church CemeteryUnion Point, GAChurch cemetery0.5 mi
- Thomas Nash CemeteryUnion Point, GACemetery1.0 mi
- New Springhill Baptist Church CemeteryUnion Point, GABaptist cemetery1.3 mi
- New Spring Hill CemeteryUnion Point, GACemetery1.3 mi
- Philomath CemeteryUnion Point, GACemetery1.6 mi
- Bryan - Daniel Family CemeteryUnion Point, GAFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Spring Hill Baptist Church CemeteryUnion Point, GABaptist cemetery2.3 mi
- Echols-Eckles CemeteryLexington, GACemetery2.7 mi
- Lunceford Family CemeteryUnion Point, GAFamily cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Thaxton Cemetery
- Callaway Funeral Home and Georgia's Lake Country Crematory10 miCremation provider · Union Point · (706) 486-4138
- Watts Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Union Point · (706) 486-4557
- Davenport-mc Lendon Mortuary12 miMortuary · Washington · (706) 678-2411
- Mc Lendon Memorial Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Washington · (706) 678-2656
- Hughes and Turner Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Crawfordville · (706) 456-2106
- Hopkins Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Washington · (706) 678-2525
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Thaxton Cemetery located?
Thaxton Cemetery is at Walker Road, Rayle, GA 30660 in Oglethorpe County. GPS coordinates: 33.74037, -82.96822.
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