About Melrose Cemetery
Melrose Cemetery is a cemetery near Villa Rica, Paulding County, Georgia. It lies about 4.2 mi south of Villa Rica. The grounds sit at about 1,070 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 334590. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Vernon Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest mortuary we know of is Cloud Mortuary Service in Villa Rica, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 98 cemeteries we list in Paulding County, and 125 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Villa Rica. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.78954, -84.89633
What Melrose 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 Vernon CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Old Cole CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery1.3 mi
- New Georgia Baptist Church CemeteryVilla Rica, GABaptist cemetery1.4 mi
- Pine Log CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery1.8 mi
- Leathers CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery1.9 mi
- Friendship CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery2.4 mi
- Sinkfield CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery2.4 mi
- Macedonia Baptist Church CemeteryVilla Rica, GABaptist cemetery2.6 mi
- Pine Mountain Miner's CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery3.0 mi
- Old Villa Rica CemeteryVilla Rica, GACemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Melrose Cemetery
- Cloud Mortuary Service1.8 miMortuary · Villa Rica · (678) 633-2414
- Wilson Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Villa Rica · (770) 459-3667
- Jones-Wynn Funeral Home Inc & Cremation Service4.3 miFuneral home · Villa Rica · (770) 459-3694
- J Collins Funeral Home4.3 miFuneral home · Villa Rica · (770) 459-6090
- J. Hoyt Thomas Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Villa Rica · (770) 459-3676
- Hightower's Memorial Chapel8.4 miFuneral chapel · Douglasville · (770) 489-2818
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Melrose Cemetery located?
Melrose Cemetery is at 9446 Villa Rica Highway, Villa Rica, GA in Paulding County. GPS coordinates: 33.78954, -84.89633.
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