About Wells Cemetery
Wells Cemetery is a cemetery near Wilmington, Columbus County, North Carolina. It lies about 16 mi east of Wilmington. The grounds sit at about 52 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 996948. The nearest other listed cemetery is Atkinson Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jordan Funeral Home in Riegelwood, about 7.0 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in Columbus County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wilmington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
34.26744, -78.23112
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
- Atkinson CemeteryWilmington, NCCemetery1.0 mi
- Lennon CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery1.8 mi
- Rogers CemeteryWilmington, NCCemetery2.7 mi
- Skipper CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery4.8 mi
- Malpass CemeteryLake Waccamaw, NCCemetery5.1 mi
- Medlin CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery5.3 mi
- Scull CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery5.4 mi
- Chinnis CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery5.5 mi
- Skipper CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery6.4 mi
- Sykes CemeteryLeland, NCCemetery6.6 mi
Funeral homes near Wells Cemetery
- Jordan Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Riegelwood · (910) 655-3039
- Wilmington Funeral and Cremation - Leland Chapel13 miCremation provider · Leland · (910) 383-3511
- White Funeral & Cremation Service16 miCremation provider · Bolivia · (910) 754-6848
- John H. Shaw's Son Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (910) 762-2635
- Smith Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (910) 763-4779
- Davis Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (910) 762-6181
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