About New Prospect Cemetery
New Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.3 mi northwest of Ripley. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 683521. The nearest other listed cemetery is New York Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Adkins Chapel Umc in Blue Mountain, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 100 cemeteries we list in Tippah County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ripley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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34.67259, -88.86450
What New Prospect 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
- New York CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.6 mi
- McCord CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery1.9 mi
- Bryant CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.2 mi
- Clear Creek CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery2.5 mi
- Wiers Chapel CemeteryRipley, MSChurch cemetery2.5 mi
- Jacobs Chapel CemeteryRipley, MSChurch cemetery2.7 mi
- Paynes Chapel CemeteryRipley, MSChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Dumas CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.2 mi
- Fellowship CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.5 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryRipley, MSCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near New Prospect Cemetery
- Adkins Chapel Umc5.7 miFuneral home · Blue Mountain · (662) 837-9282
- McBride Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-8101
- Foster & Son Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-9334
- Tippah County Monument6.5 miMonument dealer · Ripley · (662) 837-4955
- Ripley Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Ripley · (662) 837-3262
- Webb & Stephens Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Union · (601) 774-9291
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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