About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. The grounds sit at about 105 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including John Branch, Joseph Branch and Ruth Bellamy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 984754. The nearest other listed cemetery is Coefield Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is S. Jones Funerals and Cremations, Inc. in Enfield, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 70 cemeteries we list in Halifax County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Halifax County dates to 1854.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Enfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- John Branch1782-1863American politician
- Joseph Branch1915-1991American judge
- Ruth Bellamy1906-1969American poet
- Colonel John Bradford, II1708-1787Est. 1730 - est. 31 Oct 1787
- Henry Bartlett Bradford1761-1833American Methodist minister
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
36.18733, -77.67144
What Elmwood 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
- Coefield CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Pope CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Pittman CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Pettitt CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Overstreet CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery3.5 mi
- Old Bricks CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery3.8 mi
- Willey CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery4.2 mi
- Bryant CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery4.3 mi
- Pittman CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery4.4 mi
- Hardee CemeteryEnfield, NCCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- S. Jones Funerals and Cremations, Inc.0.5 miFuneral home · Enfield · (252) 445-3116
- Lea and Pope Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Enfield · (252) 445-0011
- Hilliard Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Whitakers · (252) 437-2431
- Gethsemane Memorials10 miMonument dealer · Battleboro · (404) 849-2171
- New Beginnings Funeral Services14 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-0282
- Letchworth-Sykes Funeral Service14 miFuneral home · Scotland Neck · (252) 826-2035
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