About Wells Cemetery
Wells Cemetery is a cemetery near Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina. It lies about 4.5 mi west of Murphy. The grounds sit at about 1,627 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1016506. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenlawn Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - Murphy Chapel in Murphy, about 0.8 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
35.07869, -83.95601
What Wells 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
- Greenlawn Cemetery582 Greenlawn Cemetary Road, Murphy, NCChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Mc Guire CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery0.8 mi
- Ferguson CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery381 Upper Peachtree Road, Murphy, NCBaptist cemetery1.3 mi
- Haigler CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Sunset Cemetery150 Cemetery Street, Murphy, NCCemetery4.0 mi
- Harshaw Cemetery150 South Church Street, Murphy, NCMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
- Baptist Church of Murphy Cemetery57 McClelland Street, Murphy, NCBaptist cemetery4.5 mi
- Fires Creek CemeteryHayesville, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- Old Martins Creek CemeteryMurphy, NCCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Wells Cemetery
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - Murphy Chapel0.8 miCremation provider · Murphy · (828) 837-9599
- Ivie Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2116
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Murphy · (828) 837-2109
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Hayesville · (828) 389-8800
- Ivie Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Hayesville · (828) 389-8113
- Townson-Rose Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Andrews · (828) 321-4409
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