About Rives Cemetery
Rives Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. It lies about 8.7 mi east of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 463 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 348250. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brundage Family Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 211 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 122 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.30708, -83.12155
What Rives 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
- Brundage Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery1.2 mi
- Antioch CemeterySparta, GACemetery1.4 mi
- Harper CemeterySparta, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Little - Hudson Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery1.8 mi
- Mosley Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Stembridge Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Kendall - Brewer Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.6 mi
- Clayton - Bonner Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Green - Hudson Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Green Spring CemeterySparta, GACemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Rives Cemetery
- Ingram Brothers Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Sparta · (706) 444-6436
- Warren Brothers Mortuary8.7 miMortuary · Sparta · (706) 444-7800
- Putnam Memorial Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Eatonton · (706) 484-2522
- Williams Funeral Home and Crematory15 miCremation provider · Milledgeville
- Williams Funeral Home and Cemetery15 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2148
- Hurt's Funeral Home of Eatonton, GA15 miFuneral home · Eatonton · (706) 485-3281
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