About Governors Cemetery
Governors Cemetery is a cemetery near Van Lear, Floyd County, Kentucky. It lies about 2.6 mi north of Van Lear. The grounds sit at about 850 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 493058. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gethsemane Gardens, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Phelps & Son Funeral Home in Hagerhill, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Floyd County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Van Lear. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.73342, -82.75960
What Governors 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
- Gethsemane GardensVan Lear, KYCemetery0.9 mi
- Music CemeteryVan Lear, KYCemetery1.7 mi
- Van Burenvaughn CemeteryPrestonsburg, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- Music CemeteryVan Lear, KYCemetery2.6 mi
- Goble CemeteryVan Lear, KYCemetery2.7 mi
- Spradlin Family CemeteryPrestonsburg, KYFamily cemetery3.0 mi
- Lockhart CemeteryPrestonsburg, KYCemetery3.3 mi
- May CemeteryPrestonsburg, KYCemetery3.6 mi
- Porter CemeteryPrestonsburg, KYCemetery3.7 mi
- Johnson CemeteryVan Lear, KYCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Governors Cemetery
- Phelps & Son Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Hagerhill · (606) 789-8989
- Carter Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Prestonsburg
- Jones-Preston Funeral Home Inc5.5 miFuneral home · Paintsville · (606) 789-3501
- Phelps & Son Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Paintsville · (606) 789-8989
- Preston Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Paintsville · (606) 789-4212
- Nelson Frazier Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Martin · (606) 285-5155
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