About Watkins Cemetery
Watkins Cemetery is a cemetery near Cowpens, Cherokee County, South Carolina. It lies about 1.8 mi west of Cowpens. The grounds sit at about 771 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1228709. The nearest other listed cemetery is Morgan Memorial Gardens, about 1.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ben Better Funeral Home in Spartanburg, about 5.8 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 111 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cowpens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.01901, -81.77184
What Watkins 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
- Morgan Memorial GardensCowpens, SCMemorial park1.5 mi
- Calvary Baptist Church CemeteryCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery1.7 mi
- Love Springs Baptist Church CemeteryCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery1.7 mi
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church CemeteryCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery1.8 mi
- Willis CemeteryCowpens, SCCemetery1.9 mi
- Griffin CemeteryCowpens, SCCemetery2.0 mi
- Waters CemeteryCowpens, SCCemetery2.1 mi
- White Plains Baptist Church GraveyardCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery2.4 mi
- White Plains Baptist Church GraveyardCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery2.8 mi
- Mountain View Baptist Church CemeteryCowpens, SCBaptist cemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Watkins Cemetery
- Ben Better Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Spartanburg
- Genesis Funeral Cremation Services & Chapel6.3 miCremation provider · Gaffney · (864) 649-1433
- Bobo Funeral Chapel & Cremation Service7.2 miFuneral chapel · Spartanburg · (864) 582-6341
- Floyds Greenlawn Chapel7.3 miFuneral home · Spartanburg · (864) 582-5455
- Gilmore Mortuary7.4 miMortuary · Gaffney · (864) 489-2509
- Blakely Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Gaffney · (864) 488-1141
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.