West Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Also known as Jay Street Cemetery
About West Chapel Hill Cemetery
West Chapel Hill Cemetery is a church cemetery near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Chapel Hill. The grounds sit at about 420 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2798448. The nearest other listed cemetery is Yancey Family Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Knotts Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 29 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
35.92027, -79.06808
What West Chapel Hill 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
- Yancey Family CemeteryCarrboro, NCFamily cemetery1.0 mi
- Weaver Family CemeteryCarrboro, NCFamily cemetery1.0 mi
- Westwood CemeteryCarrboro, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Old Chapel Hill CemeteryChapel Hill, NCChurch cemetery1.5 mi
- McCauley CemeteryCarrboro, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Gattis-Burch Cemetery2231 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC · est. 1850Cemetery2.0 mi
- Partin Family CemeteryChapel Hill, NCFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Barbee - Hargraves CemeteryChapel Hill, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Tilley CemeteryCarrboro, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Cheek and Whitaker Family CemeteryCarrboro, NCFamily cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near West Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Knotts Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 968-7780
- Walker's Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 942-3861
- Jones Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 967-3288
- Fisher Memorial Funeral Parlor9.3 miFuneral home · Durham · (919) 682-3276
- Durham Marble Works9.6 miMonument dealer · Durham · (919) 489-2134
- Endswell Funeral Home: Cremation | Aquamation | Burial - Chapel Hill, NC9.7 miFuneral home · Hillsborough · (919) 907-9777
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