About Vesuvius Cemetery
Vesuvius Cemetery is a cemetery near Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. It lies about 5.5 mi southwest of Ironton. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077117. The nearest other listed cemetery is Etna Furnace Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Tracy Brammer Monroe Funeral Home in Ironton, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 106 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lawrence County dates to 1875.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ironton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.60564, -82.63239
What Vesuvius 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
- Etna Furnace CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery1.7 mi
- Tunnel CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic CemeteryIronton, OHCatholic cemetery2.9 mi
- La Grange CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Aldridge CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Pleasant Grove Methodist CemeteryIronton, OHMethodist cemetery3.6 mi
- Pine Grove Methodist CemeteryIronton, OHMethodist cemetery3.6 mi
- Oakland Chapel CemeteryIronton, OHChurch cemetery3.7 mi
- Lawrence CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.7 mi
- Hecla CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Vesuvius Cemetery
- Tracy Brammer Monroe Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Ironton · (740) 532-1142
- Phillips Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Ironton · (740) 532-2144
- O'Keefe Baker Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Ironton · (740) 532-0454
- Evans Funeral Home Inc6.8 miFuneral home · Raceland · (606) 836-6114
- Bailey Family Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Flatwoods · (606) 836-1111
- Carman Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Flatwoods · (606) 836-5833
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