About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Cherokee, Jackson County, North Carolina. It lies about 3.4 mi north of Cherokee. The grounds sit at about 2,133 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1016438. The nearest other listed cemetery is Worley Chapel Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Long House Funeral Home Inc in Cherokee, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 122 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 123 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
35.42537, -83.30765
What Ward 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
- Worley Chapel CemeteryCherokee, NCChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Gunter CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Thomas CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Reagan CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Old Campground CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.4 mi
- Hyatt CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Wilmont CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Hensley CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Bumgarner CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Sherrill CemeteryCherokee, NCCemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Long House Funeral Home Inc3.7 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (828) 497-1408
- Moody Funeral Home & Crematorium5.8 miCremation provider · Sylva · (828) 586-4014
- Appalachian Funeral Services6.1 miFuneral home · Sylva · (828) 586-2444
- Bryson City Funeral Home and Memorial Services7.7 miFuneral home · Bryson City
- Crisp Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Bryson City · (828) 488-3222
- Smoky Mountain Cremations and Funeral Service14 miFuneral home · Maggie Valley · (828) 565-3024
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