About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Banner Elk, Watauga County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.4 mi southwest of Banner Elk. The grounds sit at about 2,664 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 996774. The nearest other listed cemetery is Antioch Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory in Boone, about 8.0 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Watauga County, and 133 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
36.24679, -81.82344
What Ward 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 cemetery0.5 mi
- Farthing CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery0.6 mi
- Greer - Glenn CemeterySugar Grove, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Mast CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Baird CemeteryFoscoe, NCCemetery2.0 mi
- Church CemeteryFoscoe, NCChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Hicks CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery2.6 mi
- Trivett Cemetery6786 US Highway 321, Sugar Grove, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Howell CemeteryBoone, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Cove Creek CemeteryBoone, NCChristian cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory8.0 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-8888
- Barney Hampton Funeral & Cremation Service8.8 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-7100
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Rhododendron Chapel14 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Mountain City Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Mountain City · (423) 727-9700
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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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.