About New River Cemetery
New River Cemetery is a cemetery near Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. It lies about 11 mi southwest of Jefferson. The grounds sit at about 2,756 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 991082. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grassy Creek Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Ashelawn Memorial Chapel & Gardens in Jefferson, about 8.6 mi away. It is one of 134 cemeteries we list in Ashe County, and 86 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jefferson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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36.55484, -81.37510
What New River 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
- Grassy Creek CemeteryGrassy Creek, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- South Fork CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.9 mi
- Pleasant Branch CemeteryMarion, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Hall CemeteryIndependence, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Piney Creek CemeterySparta, NCCemetery4.6 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryJefferson, NCCemetery4.9 mi
- Pugh CemeteryIndependence, VACemetery5.0 mi
- Rocky Ridge CemeteryJefferson, NCCemetery5.1 mi
- Little Wilson CemeteryMarion, VACemetery5.6 mi
- Corinth CemeteryMarion, VACemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near New River Cemetery
- Ashelawn Memorial Chapel & Gardens8.6 miFuneral chapel · Jefferson · (336) 982-2121
- Badger Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Badger Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Boone Family Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 846-7979
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Independence · (276) 773-2521
- Thomas Family Funeral Service14 miFuneral home · Sparta · (336) 372-5901
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