About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Newland, Avery County, North Carolina. It lies about 5.2 mi northeast of Newland. The grounds sit at about 3,612 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1011378. The nearest other listed cemetery is Taylor Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Newland, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Avery County, and 93 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.01845, -81.96678
What Franklin 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
- Taylor CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Benfield Cemetery130 Andrew Lane, Newland, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Stamey Town Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryNewland, NCBaptist cemetery1.5 mi
- Johnson CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Cuthbertson CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Clark CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Daniels CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery2.4 mi
- Walnut Grove Memorial CemeterySpruce Pine, NCPresbyterian cemetery2.5 mi
- Burleson CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery2.5 mi
- Wise CemeteryNewland, NCCemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Newland · (828) 733-2121
- Webb Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Spruce Pine · (828) 765-4277
- Henline-hughes Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Bakersville · (828) 688-4813
- Rhododendron Chapel13 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain
- Tetrick Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Roan Mountain · (423) 772-3928
- Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Burnsville · (828) 682-2310
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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.
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