About Drake Cemetery
Drake Cemetery is a cemetery near West Union, Adams County, Ohio. It lies about 12 mi west of West Union. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1039779. The nearest other listed cemetery is Moores Chapel Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Botkin Hornback Funeral Home in Otway, about 10 mi away. It is one of 92 cemeteries we list in Adams County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Union. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.76737, -83.32600
What Drake 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
- Moores Chapel CemeteryPeebles, OHChurch cemetery1.4 mi
- Copas CemeteryWest Union, OHCemetery2.1 mi
- Winterstein CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery2.4 mi
- Cassel CemeteryWest Union, OHCemetery2.5 mi
- Mount Unger CemeteryPeebles, OHCemetery2.6 mi
- Vogler CemWest Union, OHCemetery3.1 mi
- Manchester Cemetery1964 Sunshine Ridge Road, West Union, OHCemetery3.4 mi
- Berea CemeteryWest Portsmouth, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- Sunshine Ridge CemeteryWest Union, OHCemetery3.5 mi
- High Hill CemeteryWest Union, OHCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Drake Cemetery
- Botkin Hornback Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Otway · (740) 372-4191
- Dickerson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Vanceburg · (606) 796-2122
- Gaydos Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Vanceburg · (606) 796-2721
- Thompson Meeker Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · West Union · (937) 544-2133
- Lafferty Funeral Home Inc12 miFuneral home · West Union · (937) 544-2121
- Wylie- Thompson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Peebles · (937) 588-2401
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