About Elk Creek Cemetery
Elk Creek Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina. It lies about 5.3 mi southeast of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 2,710 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959882. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shiloh Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Thomas Family Funeral Service in Sparta, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Alleghany County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.54401, -81.20398
What Elk 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
- Shiloh CemeterySparta, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Coxs Chapel CemeteryIndependence, VAChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- New Haven CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.2 mi
- Antioch CemeterySparta, NCCemetery3.4 mi
- Cox CemeteryIndependence, VACemetery3.7 mi
- New Hope CemeterySparta, NCCemetery4.5 mi
- Moxley CemeterySparta, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- Piney Creek CemeterySparta, NCCemetery4.9 mi
- Potato Creek CemeteryIndependence, VACemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeterySparta, NCCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Elk Creek Cemetery
- Thomas Family Funeral Service5.1 miFuneral home · Sparta · (336) 372-5901
- Grandview Memorial Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Sparta · (336) 372-5621
- Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Independence · (276) 773-2521
- Ashelawn Memorial Chapel & Gardens15 miFuneral chapel · Jefferson · (336) 982-2121
- Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Galax · (276) 236-2442
- Badger Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
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