About Sparrows Cemetery
Sparrows Cemetery is a cemetery near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. It lies about 2.6 mi north of Chapel Hill. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 995269. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, about 2.5 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 27 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.
Map
35.87764, -79.04307
What Sparrows 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
- Old Chapel Hill CemeteryChapel Hill, NCChurch cemetery2.3 mi
- Riggsbee CemeteryChapel Hill, NCCemetery2.8 mi
- Barbees Chapel Church CemeteryChapel Hill, NCBaptist cemetery2.9 mi
- Yancey Family CemeteryCarrboro, NCFamily cemetery3.1 mi
- McCauley CemeteryCarrboro, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Barbee - Hargraves CemeteryChapel Hill, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Westwood CemeteryCarrboro, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- West Chapel Hill CemeteryChapel Hill, NCChurch cemetery3.3 mi
- Jesse Mason Family CemetaryChapel Hill, NCChristian cemetery3.5 mi
- Weaver Family CemeteryCarrboro, NCFamily cemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Sparrows Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 967-3288
- Knotts Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 968-7780
- Walker's Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 942-3861
- Fisher Memorial Funeral Parlor9.5 miFuneral home · Durham · (919) 682-3276
- Holloway Memorial Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Durham · (919) 598-8496
- Russells Chapel10 miFuneral home · Pittsboro
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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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