About Paris City Cemetery
Paris City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 509 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including James D. Porter, William Grainger Blount and John DeWitt Clinton Atkins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1326103. The nearest other listed cemetery is McCampbell Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ridgeway Funeral Home in Paris, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 414 cemeteries we list in Henry County, and 229 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Paris. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Paris City Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 journalist.
- James D. Porter1827-1912American politician
- William Grainger Blount1784-1827American politician
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins1825-1908Confederate Army officer and politician
- John Wesley Crockett1807-1852American politician
- Edwin Wiley Grove1850-1927American businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Paris City 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
36.30372, -88.32259
What Paris City 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
- McCampbell CemeteryParis, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Tharpe CemeteryParis, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Crutchfield CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Trevathan CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Dobbins CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.4 mi
- Memorial CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Mathis CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Atkins CemeteryParis, TNCemetery1.9 mi
Funeral homes near Paris City Cemetery
- Ridgeway Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Paris · (731) 642-2121
- McEvoy Funeral Home Inc0.4 miFuneral home · Paris · (731) 642-1441
- Trinity Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Paris · (731) 644-2251
- Rawls Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Paris · (731) 642-1515
- Stockdale Malin Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Big Sandy · (731) 593-3731
- Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · McKenzie · (731) 352-4848
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