About Unaka Cemetery
Unaka Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies about 8.9 mi southeast of Murphy. The grounds sit at about 1,795 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 996408. The nearest other listed cemetery is Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Murphy, about 9.0 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 35 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
35.19035, -84.12824
What Unaka 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
- Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery12600 Beaver Dam Road, Murphy, NCBaptist cemetery0.7 mi
- Bryson CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery0.9 mi
- Garrett CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.0 mi
- Farrow CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery3.4 mi
- Rose CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery4.1 mi
- Lenderman CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery4.9 mi
- Violet Baptist Church Cemetery180 Violet Church Road, Murphy, NCBaptist cemetery5.1 mi
- James CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery5.2 mi
- Grape Creek Baptist Church Cemetery5485 Joe Brown Highway, Murphy, NCChristian cemetery5.7 mi
- New Prospect CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Unaka Cemetery
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2109
- Ivie Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2116
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - Murphy Chapel12 miCremation provider · Murphy · (828) 837-9599
- Myers Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Tellico Plains · (423) 253-2211
- Biereley-Hale Funeral Home Inc15 miFuneral home · Tellico Plains · (423) 253-2173
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Andrews · (828) 321-4409
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