About Sam Bentley Cemetery
Sam Bentley Cemetery is a cemetery near Jenkins, Letcher County, Kentucky. It lies about 2.7 mi northeast of Jenkins. The grounds sit at about 1,565 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 509630. The nearest other listed cemetery is Laurel Fork Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Polly and Craft Funeral Home in Jenkins, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Letcher County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jenkins. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.15232, -82.67238
What Sam Bentley 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
- Laurel Fork CemeteryWise, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Potter CemeteryJenkins, KYCemetery3.5 mi
- McRoberts CemeteryJenkins, KYCemetery3.6 mi
- Haddon CemeteryClintwood, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Vanover CemeteryJenkins, KYCemetery4.3 mi
- Dewey CemeteryWise, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Boggs CemeteryClintwood, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Austin CemeteryClintwood, VACemetery4.9 mi
- Mt Zion CemeteryWise, VACemetery5.0 mi
- Hillman CemeteryClintwood, VACemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Sam Bentley Cemetery
- Polly and Craft Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Jenkins · (606) 832-2191
- Baker Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Pound · (276) 796-5808
- Letcher Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Whitesburg · (606) 633-2284
- Everidge Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Whitesburg · (606) 633-2201
- Sturgill Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Wise · (276) 328-5751
- Mullins Funeral Home and Crematory12 miCremation provider · Clintwood · (276) 926-4646
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