About Old Swafford Cemetery
Old Swafford Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. It lies about 10 mi northeast of Athens. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1296376. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hanks Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bordwine Funeral Home in Etowah, about 9.0 mi away. It is one of 129 cemeteries we list in McMinn County, and 100 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.31534, -84.68077
What Old Swafford 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
- Hanks CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Womack CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Swafford CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Williams CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Britton CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery2.4 mi
- Prater CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Double Springs Baptist Church CemeteryEtowah, TNBaptist cemetery2.6 mi
- Pickens CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Clark CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery3.1 mi
- Old Eastanallee CemeteryAthens, TNCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Old Swafford Cemetery
- Bordwine Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-7033
- Serenity Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-6700
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Services9.4 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 745-3013
- Higgins Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Benton · (423) 338-2834
- Good Samaritan Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 405-5277
- Ziegler Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 745-3123
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