About Persimmon Creek Cemetery
Persimmon Creek Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies about 8.2 mi east of Murphy. The grounds sit at about 1,667 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1014346. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hickey Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Murphy, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 51 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
35.06601, -84.17640
What Persimmon Creek 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
- Hickey CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Clonts CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Taylor CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.4 mi
- Kirkland CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Decker CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Walker Plantation CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- Suit CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Payne CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Allen CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Beech Creek CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Persimmon Creek Cemetery
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2109
- Ivie Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2116
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - Murphy Chapel12 miCremation provider · Murphy · (828) 837-9599
- Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations12 miFuneral home · Copperhill · (423) 496-5554
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - McCaysville Chapel13 miCremation provider · McCaysville · (706) 492-3321
- Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations16 miFuneral home · Blue Ridge · (706) 632-2267
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Related guides
- How Are Cemetery Plots Organized?Sections, lots, rows and graves explained, plus how to read a cemetery map and a plot deed.
- How Deep Is a Grave?Where "six feet under" comes from, typical depths today, and what state rules actually require.
- 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.