About Murphy Cemetery
Murphy Cemetery is a cemetery near Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. It lies about 7.6 mi south of Knoxville. The grounds sit at about 1,089 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1295118. The nearest other listed cemetery is Luttrell Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bridges Funeral Home in Knoxville, about 3.1 mi away. It is one of 214 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 142 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.
Map
36.06202, -83.86907
What Murphy 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
- Luttrell CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Murphy CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Jackson CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.1 mi
- Anderson-Gouffon CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Tindell CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Union CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.5 mi
- Coupland CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- Varner CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.1 mi
- Tindell CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Brown CemeteryKnoxville, TNCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Murphy Cemetery
- Bridges Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 523-4999
- Bridges Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 934-3918
- Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel3.8 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 922-9195
- Mynatt Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Knoxville · (865) 688-2331
- Knoxville Cremation & Memorial Services, Llc4.0 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 364-8799
- Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel & Crematory4.1 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (865) 689-4481
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