About Houston Cemetery
Houston Cemetery is a cemetery near Bakersville, Avery County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.9 mi west of Bakersville. The grounds sit at about 3,002 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1012234. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pittman Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Henline-hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville, about 6.9 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Avery County, and 163 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bakersville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.03345, -82.03650
What Houston 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
- Pittman CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Houston CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Jones CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Greene CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- McCoury’s Rock CemeteryNewland, NCChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Burleson CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Benfield Cemetery130 Andrew Lane, Newland, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Slippery Hill CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Taylor CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery3.3 mi
- Ingram CemeterySpruce Pine, NCCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Houston Cemetery
- Henline-hughes Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Bakersville · (828) 688-4813
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Webb Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Spruce Pine · (828) 765-4277
- Rhododendron Chapel11 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Burnsville · (828) 682-2310
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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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