About Yates Cemetery
Yates Cemetery is a cemetery near Banner Elk, Watauga County, North Carolina. It lies about 3.0 mi southwest of Banner Elk. The grounds sit at about 4,094 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 997692. The nearest other listed cemetery is Michael Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory in Boone, about 8.8 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Watauga County, and 123 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
36.19734, -81.83816
What Yates 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
- Michael CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Hicks CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Potts CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery2.6 mi
- Mast CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Baird CemeteryFoscoe, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Banner Elk CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Church CemeteryFoscoe, NCChurch cemetery3.2 mi
- Antioch CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Farthing CemeteryBanner Elk, NCChristian cemetery3.5 mi
- Ward CemeteryBanner Elk, NCCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Yates Cemetery
- Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory8.8 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-8888
- Barney Hampton Funeral & Cremation Service9.3 miCremation provider · Boone · (828) 264-7100
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Rhododendron Chapel12 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Mountain City Funeral Home19 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.
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