About Polk Cemetery
Polk Cemetery is a cemetery near Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 446 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Calvin Jones and Ezekiel Polk. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1298056. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dixie Funeral Home in Bolivar, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Hardeman County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bolivar. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Polk Cemetery
Among them: 1 physician.
- Calvin Jones1775-1846American politician
- Ezekiel Polk1747-1824American soldier and pioneer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Polk 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
35.25161, -88.99392
What Polk 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
- Union CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Roper CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Nuckolls CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Clifft CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Western State CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Ussery CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery4.1 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery4.2 mi
- New Bethel Baptist Church CemeteryBolivar, TNBaptist cemetery4.6 mi
- Ruffian CemeteryBolivar, TNCemetery4.9 mi
- Ebenezer Church CemeteryBolivar, TNChurch cemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Polk Cemetery
- Dixie Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Bolivar · (731) 658-3941
- Shackelford Funeral Directors0.6 miFuneral home · Bolivar · (731) 658-5277
- Hardeman - Henderson County Funeral Services Inc.0.9 miFuneral home · Bolivar · (731) 658-7473
- Motley & Rivers Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Whiteville · (731) 254-8004
- Shackelford Funeral Directors14 miFuneral home · Middleton · (731) 658-5277
- Halton Chapel15 miFuneral home · Henderson
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