About New Prospect Cemetery
New Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Murphy. The grounds sit at about 1,467 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1018231. The nearest other listed cemetery is River Hill Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Murphy, about 13 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Murphy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.16952, -84.23158
What New Prospect 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
- River Hill CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Violet Baptist Church Cemetery180 Violet Church Road, Murphy, NCBaptist cemetery1.7 mi
- Rose CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Hamby CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.0 mi
- Lenderman CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Morrow CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- Garrett CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.3 mi
- Farrow CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery4.6 mi
- Liberty CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery5.0 mi
- Young CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near New Prospect Cemetery
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2109
- Ivie Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2116
- Myers Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Tellico Plains · (423) 253-2211
- Biereley-Hale Funeral Home Inc14 miFuneral home · Tellico Plains · (423) 253-2173
- Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations14 miFuneral home · Copperhill · (423) 496-5554
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - McCaysville Chapel16 miCremation provider · McCaysville · (706) 492-3321
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.