Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina

Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery near Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It lies about 1.0 mi east of Asheville. The grounds sit at about 2,106 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Thomas Wolfe, Zebulon Baird Vance and Thomas Lanier Clingman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1014922. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lou Pollock Memorial Park, about 1.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Alternative Funeral and Cremation Services in Asheville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 296 cemeteries we list in Buncombe County, and 168 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Asheville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 7 US representatives, 5 Civil War veterans, 3 US senators, 2 governors, 2 World War I veterans, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 journalist.

• Thomas Wolfe1900-1938
  American writer
• Zebulon Baird Vance1830-1894
  Confederate military officer in the American Civil War
• Thomas Lanier Clingman1812-1897
  Confederate Army general and politician
• Robert Rice Reynolds1884-1963
  American politician
• Locke Craig1860-1924
  American politician
• Robert B. Vance1828-1899
  Confederate Army general
• James Jefferson Britt1861-1939
  American politician
• George A. Shuford1895-1962
  US politician
• Zebulon Weaver1872-1948
  American politician
• Allen Turner Davidson1819-1905
  American politician
• John Brown1772-1845
  American mill owner and statesman from Lewistown, Pennsylvania
• Lamar Edwin Stringfield1897-1959
  American musician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

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.

• Lou Pollock Memorial Park

  Asheville, NC
  Memorial park

  1.6 mi
• Violet Hill Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Green Hills Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Jarrett Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Gospel Tabernacle Church Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Church cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Riverview Church Cemetery

  Woodfin, NC
  Church cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Fore - Rutledge Cemetery

  Woodfin, NC
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Cemetery

  Woodfin, NC
  Episcopal cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Newton Academy Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Military cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Saint Lukes Church Cemetery

  Asheville, NC
  Church cemetery

  2.2 mi

• Alternative Funeral and Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Asheville
  0.7 mi
• Asheville Area Alternative Funeral And Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Asheville · (828) 258-8274
  0.7 mi
• Morris Funeral and Cremation Care

  Cremation provider · Asheville · (828) 252-1821
  1.1 mi
• Hart Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Asheville · (828) 252-2090
  1.4 mi
• Groce Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Patton Avenue

  Funeral home · Asheville · (828) 252-3535
  2.5 mi
• Anders-Rice Funeral Home and Cremation Center

  Funeral home · Asheville · (828) 254-3511
  2.5 mi

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