About Gilgo Cemetery
Gilgo Cemetery is a cemetery near Harkers Island, Carteret County, North Carolina. It lies about 25 mi southwest of Harkers Island. The grounds sit at about 10 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 985689. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lupton Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pierces Chapel in Oriental, about 22 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Carteret County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Carteret County dates to 1753.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harkers Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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34.98886, -76.30907
What Gilgo 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
- Lupton CemeteryHarkers Island, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Atlantic CemeteryHarkers Island, NCCemetery7.6 mi
- Isaiah CemeteryHarkers Island, NCCemetery8.7 mi
- Stacy CemeteryHarkers Island, NCCemetery12 mi
- Wallace CemeterySwanquarter, NCCemetery14 mi
- Keeler-Styron CemeterySwanquarter, NCCemetery15 mi
- Portsmouth CemeterySwanquarter, NCCemetery15 mi
- Community CemeteryPortsmouth, NC · est. 1900Cemetery15 mi
- Grace CemeteryPortsmouth, NC · est. 1912Christian cemetery15 mi
- Babb-Dixon CemeteryPortsmouth, NC · est. 1753Christian cemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Gilgo Cemetery
- Pierces Chapel22 miFuneral home · Oriental
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