About Gist Cemetery
Gist Cemetery is a cemetery near Union, Union County, South Carolina. It lies about 8.5 mi north of Union. The grounds sit at about 554 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Henry Gist. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1232905. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Quaker Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Divine Mortuary in Union, about 7.0 mi away. It is one of 123 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Union. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Gist Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor.
- William Henry Gist1807-1874American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Gist 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
34.60174, -81.67966
What Gist 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
- Old Quaker CemeteryWhitmire, SCQuaker cemetery1.4 mi
- New Prospects CemeteryUnion, SCCemetery2.1 mi
- Rice CemeteryUnion, SCCemetery3.4 mi
- McDaniel CemeteryWhitmire, SCCemetery3.7 mi
- Briggs CemeteryWhitmire, SCCemetery3.9 mi
- Padgetts Creek Baptist Church GraveyardBuffalo, SCChristian cemetery4.1 mi
- Cold Well CemeteryWhitmire, SCChristian cemetery4.1 mi
- Fant CemeteryWhitmire, SCCemetery4.4 mi
- Sardis United Methodist Church GraveyardUnion, SCMethodist cemetery5.2 mi
- Murphy - Duncan CemeteryBuffalo, SCCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Gist Cemetery
- Divine Mortuary7.0 miMortuary · Union · (864) 427-7770
- Lewis Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Union · (864) 429-8181
- Gray Funeral Home Inc7.8 miFuneral home · Whitmire · (803) 694-2300
- Hunter's Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Whitmire
- Holcombe Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Union · (864) 427-3665
- Union Community Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Union · (864) 429-9741
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