About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. It lies about 4.9 mi south of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 1,024 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Edward Terry Sanford, John C. Houk and Joseph Delaney. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1286195. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lynnhurst Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Knoxville Cremation & Memorial Services, Llc in Knoxville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 214 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 146 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Knox County dates to 1878. 4 of the 214 listings in Knox County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Knoxville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Supreme Court justice, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Edward Terry Sanford1865-1930US Supreme Court justice from 1923 to 1930
- John C. Houk1860-1923American politician
- Joseph Delaney1904-1991American artist
- George Franklin Barber1854-1915American architect
- George W. Pickle1845-1917American lawyer
- Lake Russell1898-1980American football coach
- Len G. Broughton1865-1936Evangelist and Baptist minister
- George Roby Dempster1887-1964American mayor
- Roy H. Beeler1882-1954American lawyer
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
36.03110, -83.91485
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
- Lynnhurst Cemetery2300 Adair Drive, Knoxville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Hall CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Bowling CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Anderson-Gouffon CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Murphy CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Varner CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Hall CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Hall CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery3.0 mi
- Bookwalter CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery3.1 mi
- Hudgens CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery3.2 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Knoxville Cremation & Memorial Services, Llc0.7 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 364-8799
- Mynatt Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 688-2331
- Berry Lynnhurst Funeral Home & Lynnhurst Cemetery1.0 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 689-8888
- Berry Lynnhurst Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Knoxville
- Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel & Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 689-4481
- Stevens Mortuary2.5 miMortuary · Knoxville · (865) 524-0331
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