About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. The grounds sit at about 459 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr., Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams and Ed Meadows. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1003913. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Oxford Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home in Oxford, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 18 cemeteries we list in Granville County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oxford. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 football player.
- Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr.1894-1969American politician
- Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams1842-1895American politician
- Ed Meadows1932-1974American football player
- Dennis G. Brummitt1881-1935American politician in North Carolina
- Sophronia Moore Horner1829-190929 Nov 1829 - 8 Feb 1909
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
36.30930, -78.59833
What Elmwood 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
- Old Oxford CemeteryOxford, NCCemetery0.5 mi
- Plummer Cheatham Memorial ParkOxford, NCMemorial park1.4 mi
- Meadowview Memorial ParkOxford, NCMemorial park3.1 mi
- Granville Memorial ParkOxford, NCMemorial park3.7 mi
- Crews Family CemeteryOxford, NCFamily cemetery4.6 mi
- Tranquility CemeteryOxford, NCCemetery8.0 mi
- Sunset Garden Memorial CemeterySouth Henderson, NCCemetery8.8 mi
- Community Memorial GardensButner, NCMemorial park9.4 mi
- Mountain Creek CemeteryOxford, NCCemetery10 mi
- Confederate CemeterySouth Henderson, NCCemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Gentry-Newell & Vaughan Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Oxford · (919) 693-5191
- Eakes Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Oxford · (919) 693-8186
- Betts & Son Funeral Home Inc0.8 miFuneral home · Oxford · (919) 693-7185
- Allen's Home of Funerals0.8 miFuneral home · Oxford · (919) 693-3166
- Wright Funeral Home Inc2.5 miFuneral home · Oxford · (919) 693-8870
- J M White Funeral Services8.4 miFuneral home · Henderson · (252) 438-5139
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