About Poulan Cemetery
Poulan Cemetery is a cemetery near Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia. It lies about 3.5 mi northwest of Sylvester. The grounds sit at about 367 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Charles Pelham. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 349403. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shipps Funeral Home in Sylvester, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Worth County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 36 of the 86 listings in Worth County have a phone number or website on record.
Poulan Cemetery owns the adjacent 45 acres of working farm field which was donated by Dorothy McPhaul Stewart. https://www.tiftongazette.com/news/local_news/mcphaul-family-donates-45-acres-of-land-to-poulan/article_097873fd-f796-5750-816d-9a20a5a47e05.htm
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sylvester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Poulan Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Charles Pelham1835-1908American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Poulan 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
31.51155, -83.78219
What Poulan 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
- Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeterySylvester, GABaptist cemetery0.9 mi
- Sumner CemeterySylvester, GACemetery2.6 mi
- Pine Bluff Baptist Church CemeterySylvester, GABaptist cemetery2.7 mi
- Willis CemeterySylvester, GACemetery2.7 mi
- Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church CemeterySylvester, GABaptist cemetery2.9 mi
- Thornhill CemeterySylvester, GACemetery3.0 mi
- James T. Hancock Family CemeterySylvester, GAFamily cemetery3.2 mi
- Hillcrest CemeterySylvester, GACemetery3.4 mi
- Oak Grove CemeterySylvester, GACemetery4.0 mi
- Brooks Family CemeterySylvester, GAFamily cemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Poulan Cemetery
- Shipps Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Sylvester · (229) 776-1355
- Banks Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Sylvester · (229) 776-2055
- Fields Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Sylvester · (229) 776-5649
- Burgess Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Ashburn · (229) 567-4500
- Shipps Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Ashburn · (229) 567-3101
- Perry Funeral Chapel16 miFuneral chapel · Ashburn · (229) 567-3366
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