About Mingus Creek Cemetery
Mingus Creek Cemetery is a cemetery near Cherokee, Swain County, North Carolina. It lies about 3.5 mi southeast of Cherokee. The grounds sit at about 2,799 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2775280. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jonas Jenkins Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Long House Funeral Home Inc in Cherokee, about 5.5 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Swain County, and 82 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cherokee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.52025, -83.34023
What Mingus Creek 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
- Jonas Jenkins CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Enloe Slave CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Enloe African CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Floyd CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Enloe CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Queen CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Hughes CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Nations CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Chambers CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Conner - Oconaluftee CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mingus Creek Cemetery
- Long House Funeral Home Inc5.5 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (828) 497-1408
- Bryson City Funeral Home and Memorial Services8.6 miFuneral home · Bryson City
- Crisp Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Bryson City · (828) 488-3222
- Moody Funeral Home & Crematorium12 miCremation provider · Sylva · (828) 586-4014
- Appalachian Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Sylva · (828) 586-2444
- Smoky Mountain Cremations and Funeral Service14 miFuneral home · Maggie Valley · (828) 565-3024
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