About Slave Cemetery
Slave Cemetery is a cemetery near Decatur, Rhea County, Tennessee. It lies about 4.9 mi east of Decatur. The grounds sit at about 735 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1270494. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hazelwood Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Decatur Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Decatur, about 4.8 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in Rhea County, and 108 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Decatur. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.51951, -84.87744
What Slave 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
- Hazelwood CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery0.4 mi
- Poe CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Taylor CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Locke CemeteryDayton, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Burttram CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Eaves CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- DeArmond CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Campbell CemeteryDayton, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Smith CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Taylor CemeteryDecatur, TNCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Slave Cemetery
- Decatur Funeral Home & Cremation Services4.8 miFuneral home · Decatur · (423) 334-3661
- Coulter-Garrison Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Dayton · (423) 775-2444
- Vaugh Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Dayton
- Vanderwall Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Dayton · (423) 775-2662
- Vaughn Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Spring City · (423) 365-5221
- Good Samaritan Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Athens · (423) 405-5277
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Related guides
- How Are Cemetery Plots Organized?Sections, lots, rows and graves explained, plus how to read a cemetery map and a plot deed.
- How Deep Is a Grave?Where "six feet under" comes from, typical depths today, and what state rules actually require.
- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.