About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 630 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Jenkin Whiteside, Richard Winn and William Hawkins Polk. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1286194. The nearest other listed cemetery is Maguire Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is V K Ryan & Son Funeral Home in Columbia, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 389 cemeteries we list in Maury County, and 201 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Columbia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US senator.
- Jenkin Whiteside1772-1822American politician
- Richard Winn1750-1818American merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina
- William Hawkins Polk1815-1862American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
35.61979, -87.03389
What Greenwood 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
- Maguire CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Rose Mont CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Dooley CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Todd CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Tankersley CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Peeler CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Daimwood CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.6 mi
- Porter CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Leftwich CemeteryColumbia, TNCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- V K Ryan & Son Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Columbia · (931) 388-4961
- Roundtree, Napier, and Ogilvie Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Columbia · (615) 790-7226
- Baxter Brothers Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Columbia · (931) 381-1353
- Heritage Funeral Homes1.8 miFuneral home · Columbia · (931) 840-4750
- Williams Funeral Home & Crematory2.9 miCremation provider · Columbia · (931) 388-2135
- Heritage Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Columbia · (931) 840-4750
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