About Farthing Cemetery
Farthing Cemetery is a christian cemetery near Banner Elk, Watauga County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.2 mi south of Banner Elk. The grounds sit at about 2,628 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 985015. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory in Boone, about 8.6 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Watauga County, and 130 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Banner Elk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.24734, -81.83344
What Farthing 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
- Antioch CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery0.1 mi
- Ward CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Greer - Glenn CemeterySugar Grove, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Mast CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Trivett Cemetery6786 US Highway 321, Sugar Grove, NCCemetery2.2 mi
- Hicks CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Baird CemeteryFoscoe, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Church CemeteryFoscoe, NCChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Greene CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery3.1 mi
- Bethel CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Farthing Cemetery
- Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory8.6 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-8888
- Barney Hampton Funeral & Cremation Service9.4 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-7100
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Rhododendron Chapel13 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Mountain City Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Mountain City · (423) 727-9700
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Frequently asked questions
Is Farthing Cemetery a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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