About Whitson Cemetery
Whitson Cemetery is a cemetery near Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It lies about 5.5 mi southeast of Bakersville. The grounds sit at about 2,572 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1016642. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beans Creek Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Henline-hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville, about 5.7 mi away. It is one of 111 cemeteries we list in Mitchell County, and 207 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
36.07677, -82.22318
What Whitson 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
- Beans Creek CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Street CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Harrell CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- L G Gouge Memorial CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Garland CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.5 mi
- Stanley CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Charlie & Frances Street Family CemeteryBakersville, NCFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Bennett CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Street CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery2.0 mi
- Bad Creek CemeteryBakersville, NCCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Whitson Cemetery
- Henline-hughes Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Bakersville · (828) 688-4813
- Unicoi Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Unicoi · (423) 928-4595
- Robert Ledford Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Erwin · (423) 743-1380
- Valley Funeral Home & Chapel12 miFuneral home · Erwin · (423) 743-9187
- Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Burnsville · (828) 682-2310
- Tetrick Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
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