Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery is a church cemetery near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. It lies about 3.1 mi southwest of Chapel Hill. The grounds sit at about 335 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Betty Smith, Richard McKenna and Alfred Brauer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 983025. The nearest funeral home we know of is Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orange County dates to 1850. 5 of the 40 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chapel Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 4 scientists, 3 writers, 1 journalist, 1 World War I veteran.

• Betty Smith1896-1972
  American author
• Richard McKenna1913-1964
  American writer
• Alfred Brauer1894-1985
  German-American mathematician
• Friedrich Solmsen1904-1989
  German classical scholar
• Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs1930-1994
  American historian
• Brooks Otis1908-1977
  American classical philologist
• Oscar K. Rice1903-1978
  American physical chemist
• Rupert Bayless Vance1899-1975
  American sociologist
• Charles E. Bishop1921-2012
  American economist
• George T. Barclay1910-1997
  American football player and coach
• Edward Tankard Browne1894-1959
  Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1926
• Floyd W. Denny1923-2001
  American pediatrician and streptococcal disease researcher

People whose Wikidata entry gives Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

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.

• McFarling (McFarland) Family Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Family cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Barbee - Hargraves Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Markham Memorial Gardens

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Memorial park

  1.8 mi
• Partin Family Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Family cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Baptist cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Old Chapel Hill Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Church cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Gattis-Burch Cemetery

  2231 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC · est. 1850
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• West Chapel Hill Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Church cemetery

  3.4 mi
• Yancey Family Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Family cemetery

  4.3 mi
• Weaver Family Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Family cemetery

  4.4 mi

• Walker's Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 942-3861
  3.1 mi
• Knotts Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 968-7780
  3.6 mi
• Jones Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 967-3288
  3.6 mi
• Fisher Memorial Funeral Parlor

  Funeral home · Durham · (919) 682-3276
  6.0 mi
• Durham Marble Works

  Monument dealer · Durham · (919) 489-2134
  6.2 mi
• Durham Funeral & Cremation Inc

  Cremation provider · Durham · (919) 344-6652
  6.6 mi

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