About Collins Cemetery
Collins Cemetery is a cemetery near Wheelersburg, Lawrence County, Ohio. It lies about 12 mi west of Wheelersburg. The grounds sit at about 764 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Oakley C. Collins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075610. The nearest other listed cemetery is Warneke Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is D W Swick-Nelson Funeral Home in South Webster, about 7.0 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Lawrence County, and 74 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, Wheelersburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Collins Cemetery
- Oakley C. Collins1913-1994American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Collins Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Collins 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
- Warneke CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery0.9 mi
- Finley CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery0.9 mi
- Buckhorn Number One CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery1.0 mi
- Vernon CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery1.9 mi
- Littles CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- Rogers CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery3.1 mi
- Brant CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery3.2 mi
- Macedonia CemeteryIronton, OHCemetery3.3 mi
- Bloom Furnace CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery3.6 mi
- Johnson CemeteryWheelersburg, OHCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Collins Cemetery
- D W Swick-Nelson Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · South Webster · (740) 778-7054
- Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Wheelersburg · (740) 574-2543
- D.W. Swick Funeral Home Wheelersburg12 miFuneral home · Wheelersburg · (740) 574-5050
- D W Swick Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Wheelersburg · (740) 574-5050
- Wolf Don Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (740) 776-0796
- D.W. Swick Funeral Home Sciotoville/Wolfe-Nelson Chapel13 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (740) 776-2811
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