About Mills River Cemetery
Mills River Cemetery is a cemetery near Mills River, Henderson County, North Carolina. It lies about 2.9 mi east of Mills River. The grounds sit at about 2,178 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1013600. The nearest other listed cemetery is Whitaker Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Mountain View Cremation & Funeral Care in Asheville, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Henderson County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mills River. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.38288, -82.61734
What Mills 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
- Whitaker CemeteryMills River, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Sitton - Gillespie CemeteryMills River, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Stuart CemeteryMills River, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Mills River United Methodist Church GraveyardMills River, NCMethodist cemetery2.3 mi
- Mills River Presbyterian Church CemeteryMills River, NCPresbyterian cemetery2.5 mi
- Mount Gilead Baptist CemeteryMills River, NCBaptist cemetery3.2 mi
- Fanning Chapel Methodist CemeteryMills River, NCMethodist cemetery3.6 mi
- Boylston Baptist Church GraveyardEtowah, NCBaptist cemetery3.9 mi
- Jones CemeteryMills River, NCCemetery4.2 mi
- Graham CemeteryAvery Creek, NCCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mills River Cemetery
- Mountain View Cremation & Funeral Care6.2 miCremation provider · Asheville · (828) 483-6656
- Custom Monuments Inc.6.4 miMonument dealer · Hendersonville · (828) 684-1513
- Highlands Cremation & Funeral Care8.0 miCremation provider · Arden · (828) 676-2730
- Groce Funeral Home and Cremation Service at Lake Julian8.3 miFuneral home · Arden · (828) 687-3530
- Wilson Funeral Directors Inc10 miFuneral home · Hendersonville · (828) 692-5657
- Shuler Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Hendersonville · (828) 693-5220
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