About Bates Cemetery
Bates Cemetery is a cemetery near Benton, Polk County, Tennessee. It lies about 8.5 mi west of Benton. The grounds sit at about 1,171 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1327519. The nearest other listed cemetery is Runyon Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Higgins Funeral Home in Benton, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Benton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.14199, -84.50918
What Bates 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
- Runyon CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Reliance CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.4 mi
- Parker CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Old Fairview CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Hedden GraveBenton, TNCemetery3.2 mi
- Stephens CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery4.0 mi
- Price CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery4.3 mi
- Lindner CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery4.5 mi
- Beckler CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery6.0 mi
- Butler CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Bates Cemetery
- Higgins Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Benton · (423) 338-2834
- Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations12 miFuneral home · Copperhill · (423) 496-5554
- Bordwine Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-7033
- Serenity Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-6700
- Cochran | McDaniel Funeral Homes & Crematories - McCaysville Chapel14 miCremation provider · McCaysville · (706) 492-3321
- Ralph Buckner Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (423) 472-0821
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