About Carter Cemetery
Carter Cemetery is a cemetery near Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 1,522 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Blount Carter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1279806. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ledford Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Memorial Funeral Chapel in Elizabethton, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 239 cemeteries we list in Carter County, and 239 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 239 listings in Carter County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elizabethton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Carter Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- William Blount Carter1792-1848American politician, Tennessee
People whose Wikidata entry gives Carter 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
36.35371, -82.20374
What Carter 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
- Ledford CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Treadway CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Highland CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Arney CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Deloach CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Vaughn CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Colbaugh CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Bradley CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Ellis CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Green-Hill CemeteryElizabethton, TNCemetery1.6 mi
Funeral homes near Carter Cemetery
- Memorial Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · Elizabethton · (423) 543-3839
- Tetrick Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Elizabethton · (423) 542-2232
- Dugger Family Monuments0.7 miMonument dealer · Elizabethton · (423) 518-1650
- Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Elizabethton · (423) 543-5544
- Heritage Family Funeral Services1.2 miFuneral home · Elizabethton · (423) 543-4559
- Hitchcock Memorials2.3 miMonument dealer · Elizabethton · (423) 542-2912
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