About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Sandy Hook, Rowan County, Kentucky. It lies about 14 mi east of Sandy Hook. The grounds sit at about 896 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2079765. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dillon Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gray Funeral Home in Morehead, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 282 cemeteries we list in Rowan County, and 286 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sandy Hook. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.15439, -83.36868
What Franklin 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
- Dillon CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery0.2 mi
- Adams CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery0.7 mi
- Bently CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery0.8 mi
- Trent Cemetery OneSandy Hook, KYCemetery1.0 mi
- McDavid CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery1.7 mi
- McClain-Arnold CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery1.8 mi
- Bowman CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery1.8 mi
- Barnette Family CemeteryOlive Hill, KYFamily cemetery1.8 mi
- Smedley CemeteryOlive Hill, KYCemetery1.9 mi
- Sunrise CemeterySandy Hook, KYCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Gray Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Morehead · (606) 784-4134
- Northcutt & Son Home For Funerals, Inc.6.3 miFuneral home · Morehead · (606) 784-6491
- Globe Funeral Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Olive Hill · (606) 286-5306
- Waddell Whitt Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Sandy Hook · (606) 738-9600
- Powell Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Salt Lick · (606) 683-2871
- Lewis & Ferguson Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Sandy Hook · (606) 738-5135
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