About Sparta Cemetery
Sparta Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. The grounds sit at about 564 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Marshall Guill, William Terrell and George Foster Pierce. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 348261. The nearest other listed cemetery is Blankenship Infant Grave, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 211 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 136 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.
Notable people buried at Sparta Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Marshall Guill1897-1931American football and baseball player
- William Terrell1788-1855American politician
- George Foster Pierce1811-1884American bishop
- Katherine Ann Richards DuBose1826-1906American poet
- Virginius Elholm Brown1902-1973American botanist
- Charles Wilds DuBose1825-1890
People whose Wikidata entry gives Sparta 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
33.27875, -82.97348
What Sparta 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
- Blankenship Infant GraveSparta, GACemetery0.1 mi
- Dixon Family CemeterySparta, GAFamily cemetery0.3 mi
- Sparta Catholic CemeterySparta, GAChristian cemetery0.5 mi
- Holsey Memorial Cemetery Number 2Sparta, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Holsey Memorial Cemetery Number 1Sparta, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Tabernacle Baptist Church CemeterySparta, GABaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Northside Church of Christ CemeterySparta, GAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Macedonia CemeterySparta, GACemetery0.8 mi
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery AnnexSparta, GABaptist cemetery0.8 mi
- Saint Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church CemeterySparta, GAMethodist cemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Sparta Cemetery
- Ingram Brothers Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Sparta · (706) 444-6436
- Warren Brothers Mortuary0.2 miMortuary · Sparta · (706) 444-7800
- Williams Funeral Home and Crematory19 miCremation provider · Milledgeville
- Williams Funeral Home and Cemetery19 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2148
- Hurt's Funeral Home Of Milledgeville20 miFuneral home · Milledgeville · (478) 452-2780
- Hughes and Turner Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Crawfordville · (706) 456-2106
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.