About Wilkes Cemetery
Wilkes Cemetery is a cemetery near Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia. It lies about 11 mi northeast of Swainsboro. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 325304. The nearest other listed cemetery is Herrington Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Reno Tapley Mortuary in Swainsboro, about 9.8 mi away. It is one of 175 cemeteries we list in Emanuel County, and 81 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Swainsboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.48384, -82.45775
What Wilkes 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
- Herrington CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery0.9 mi
- Holton CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery1.7 mi
- Holton Chapel Advent Christian Church CemeterySoperton, GAChurch cemetery2.1 mi
- Thigpen Chapel CemeterySoperton, GAChurch cemetery2.2 mi
- Brinson CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery2.3 mi
- Phillips CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery2.5 mi
- Youngblood CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Mount Zion CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Stewart CemeterySoperton, GACemetery3.2 mi
- Norris Durden CemeterySwainsboro, GACemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Wilkes Cemetery
- Reno Tapley Mortuary9.8 miMortuary · Swainsboro · (912) 682-8098
- Tomlinson Funeral Hone10 miFuneral home · Swainsboro · (478) 237-3691
- Smith Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Swainsboro · (478) 252-5903
- Baker Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Soperton · (912) 529-4935
- Sammons Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Soperton · (912) 529-4411
- Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors11 miFuneral home · Swainsboro · (478) 237-2131
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