About Mount Ararat Cemetery
Mount Ararat Cemetery is a cemetery near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It lies about 2.3 mi northwest of Nashville. The grounds sit at about 433 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Moses McKissack Ⅲ and Calvin Lunsford McKissack. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1269818. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetary West, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery in Nashville, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 121 cemeteries we list in Davidson County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 121 listings in Davidson County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nashville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery
Among them: 2 architects.
- Moses McKissack Ⅲ1879-1952American architect
- Calvin Lunsford McKissack1890-1968American architect
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Ararat 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
36.14730, -86.74929
What Mount Ararat 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
- Greenwood Cemetary WestNashville, TNCemetery0.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Nashville City CemeteryNashville, TNMunicipal cemetery1.1 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- John Buchanan CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Whitsett CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.2 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryNashville, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- Mill Creek Baptist Church GraveyardNashville, TNBaptist cemetery2.3 mi
- Woodlawn Roesch - Patton Memorial ParkOak Hill, TNMemorial park2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Ararat Cemetery
- Hunt Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
- Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery1.1 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 255-4193
- Music City Mortuary1.9 miMortuary · Nashville · (615) 244-2774
- The Cremation Company2.0 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 730-7956
- Premier Funeral & Cremation Services2.1 miCremation provider · Nashville · (615) 815-0008
- Ellis Funeral Home & Cremation Service Nashville2.2 miFuneral home · Nashville · (615) 255-5412
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