About Shumate Cemetery
Shumate Cemetery is a cemetery near West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. It lies about 14 mi southeast of West Jefferson. The grounds sit at about 3,494 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1015502. The nearest other listed cemetery is Davis Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hux & Lipford Funeral Home in Mountain City, about 7.2 mi away. It is one of 134 cemeteries we list in Ashe County, and 156 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Jefferson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.52678, -81.69317
What Shumate 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
- Davis CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Rye Cove CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Allen CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery1.2 mi
- Big Laurel CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery1.6 mi
- Cox CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Greer CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery2.1 mi
- Campbell CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery2.2 mi
- Burnt School CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Martin CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Ham CemeteryWest Jefferson, NCCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Shumate Cemetery
- Hux & Lipford Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Mountain City · (423) 727-9221
- Mountain City Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Mountain City · (423) 727-9700
- Garrett Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Damascus · (276) 475-3631
- Badger Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Badger Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 246-7114
- Boone Family Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · West Jefferson · (336) 846-7979
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