About Rocky Ridge Cemetery
Rocky Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery near Jefferson, Alleghany County, North Carolina. It lies about 10 mi southwest of Jefferson. The grounds sit at about 2,579 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 993614. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Ashelawn Memorial Chapel & Gardens in Jefferson, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Alleghany County, and 35 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.
Map
36.50067, -81.31370
What Rocky Ridge 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
- Mount Carmel CemeterySparta, NCCemetery1.4 mi
- Mount Zion CemeterySparta, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Matt Carson CemeteryJefferson, NCCemetery2.9 mi
- New Hope CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- South Fork CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.1 mi
- Piney Creek CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.6 mi
- Prathers Creek CemeterySparta, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- New River CemeteryJefferson, NCCemetery5.1 mi
- Stamper CemeterySparta, NCCemetery6.0 mi
- Potato Creek CemeteryIndependence, VACemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Rocky Ridge Cemetery
- Ashelawn Memorial Chapel & Gardens7.8 miFuneral chapel · Jefferson · (336) 982-2121
- Thomas Family Funeral Service10 miFuneral home · Sparta · (336) 372-5901
- Grandview Memorial Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Sparta · (336) 372-5621
- Badger Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Badger Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Boone Family Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 846-7979
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