About Merritt Cemetery
Merritt Cemetery is a cemetery near Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Clinton. The grounds sit at about 135 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 989746. The nearest other listed cemetery is Merritt Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rose Hill Funeral Home in Rose Hill, about 11 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in Sampson County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Clinton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.86457, -78.20450
What Merritt 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
- Merritt CemeteryRose Hill, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Merritt Memorial CemeteryClinton, NCChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Watson CemeteryRose Hill, NCCemetery1.4 mi
- Snipes CemeteryClinton, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Carter CemeteryRose Hill, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Hall CemeteryRose Hill, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Wells CemeteryRose Hill, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Red Hill Universalist Church CemeteryClinton, NCChurch cemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Zion AME Zion Church CemeteryClinton, NCMethodist cemetery3.3 mi
- Benton CemeteryClinton, NCCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Merritt Cemetery
- Rose Hill Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rose Hill · (910) 289-3232
- Worley Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Clinton · (910) 592-8175
- Hawes Funeral Home, LLC11 miFuneral home · Warsaw · (910) 293-3535
- Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Clinton · (910) 592-2066
- Royal-hall Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Clinton · (910) 592-4127
- Carter Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · Garland · (910) 529-4001
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