About Shepherd Cemetery
Shepherd Cemetery is a cemetery near Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina. It lies about 6.6 mi south of Franklin. The grounds sit at about 2,116 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1015419. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lakey Cemetery, about 3.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Macon Funeral Home in Franklin, about 6.4 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Macon County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Franklin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.27842, -83.38543
What Shepherd 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
- Lakey CemeteryFranklin, NCCemetery3.5 mi
- Fout CemeteryFranklin, NCCemetery4.5 mi
- Mason Branch CemeteryBryson City, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- Victory Baptist Church CemeteryCullowhee, NCChristian cemetery5.1 mi
- Morgan CemeteryFranklin, NCCemetery5.7 mi
- Zion Hill CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery6.1 mi
- Tabor CemeteryBryson City, NCCemetery6.1 mi
- New Savannah CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery6.3 mi
- Wesleyanna CemeteryCullowhee, NCCemetery6.4 mi
- Green Creek CemeterySylva, NCCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Shepherd Cemetery
- Macon Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Franklin · (828) 524-5540
- Bryant-Grant Funeral Home & Crematory6.7 miCremation provider · Franklin · (828) 524-2411
- Moffitt Family Funeral Care7.0 miFuneral home · Franklin · (828) 634-1966
- Crisp Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Bryson City · (828) 488-3222
- Bryson City Funeral Home and Memorial Services11 miFuneral home · Bryson City
- Moody Funeral Home & Crematorium11 miCremation provider · Sylva · (828) 586-4014
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