About Payton Cemetery
Payton Cemetery is a cemetery near Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. It lies about 15 mi east of Leitchfield. The grounds sit at about 774 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 500300. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Caneyville Funeral Home in Caneyville, about 9.6 mi away. It is one of 99 cemeteries we list in Grayson County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Grayson County dates to 1870.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Leitchfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.54966, -86.56031
What Payton 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
- Smith CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery0.5 mi
- Porter CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery1.1 mi
- Patterson CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery1.6 mi
- Allen CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery2.3 mi
- Yeaman CemeteryOak Grove, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- Mahurin CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery2.9 mi
- Shady Grove CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery3.1 mi
- Lahue - Bradshaw CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery3.9 mi
- Walker CemeteryHardinsburg, KYCemetery4.0 mi
- Lone Star CemeteryLeitchfield, KYCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Payton Cemetery
- Caneyville Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Caneyville · (270) 879-3966
- Geary Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Fordsville · (270) 276-3683
- Dermitt Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Leitchfield · (270) 259-4061
- Rogers-Oller Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Leitchfield · (270) 242-2171
- Watkins Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Leitchfield · (270) 259-4115
- Keith Monument Company-Leitchfield15 miMonument dealer · Leitchfield · (270) 259-4141
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