About Nicholson Cemetery
Nicholson Cemetery is a cemetery near Benton, Polk County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.6 mi southwest of Benton. The grounds sit at about 787 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329014. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dunn Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Higgins Funeral Home in Benton, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 74 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
35.24534, -84.60632
What Nicholson 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
- Dunn CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Trew CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Old Salem Baptist Church CemeteryEtowah, TNBaptist cemetery2.5 mi
- Simpson CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Brock Graveyard CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Crabtree CemeteryEtowah, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Baker Chapel CemeteryBenton, TNChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Parris CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery3.2 mi
- Coghill Baptist Church CemeteryEtowah, TNBaptist cemetery3.3 mi
- Campbellite CemeteryBenton, TNCemetery3.5 mi
Funeral homes near Nicholson Cemetery
- Higgins Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Benton · (423) 338-2834
- Bordwine Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-7033
- Serenity Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Etowah · (423) 263-6700
- Smith Funeral & Cremation Services13 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 745-3013
- Ralph Buckner Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (423) 472-0821
- Companion Funeral and Cremation13 miCremation provider · Athens · (423) 453-2302
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