About Riggs Cemetery
Riggs Cemetery is a cemetery near Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee. It lies about 5.8 mi southwest of Kingston. The grounds sit at about 823 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1299423. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kries Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fraker Funeral Home in Kingston, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 206 cemeteries we list in Roane County, and 146 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kingston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.93900, -84.43442
What Riggs 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
- Kries CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Edwards CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- McKinney CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Clacks Gap CemeteryHarriman, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Dyllis CemeteryCoalfield, TNChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Crowder CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- McKinney CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Osborne CemeteryHarriman, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Gallaher CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Welcker CemeteryKingston, TNCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Riggs Cemetery
- Fraker Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Kingston · (865) 717-7727
- Kyker Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Harriman · (865) 882-1515
- Kyker Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Kingston · (865) 376-6531
- Davis Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Harriman · (865) 882-2000
- Jackson Funeral Services8.9 miFuneral home · Oliver Springs · (865) 435-3800
- Premier Sharp Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Oliver Springs
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