About Merritt Cemetery
Merritt Cemetery is a cemetery near Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee. It lies about 8.0 mi south of Smithville. The grounds sit at about 1,014 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2711038. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sexton Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Love-Cantrell Funeral Home in Smithville, about 7.9 mi away. It is one of 184 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 155 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Smithville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.07448, -85.79091
What Merritt 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
- Sexton CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery0.9 mi
- Burton CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Huddleston CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Carr/Jones/Merritt CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Johnson CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Gill CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Carlen CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.8 mi
- Garner CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Moss CemeteryGordonsville, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Lafever CemeteryBaxter, TNCemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Merritt Cemetery
- Love-Cantrell Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Smithville · (615) 597-5275
- De Kalb Funeral Chapel Llc8.8 miFuneral chapel · Smithville · (615) 597-9400
- Baxter Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Baxter · (931) 858-3118
- Hooper Huddleston & Horner - Baxter Chapel10 miFuneral home · Baxter · (931) 858-2134
- Bass Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Gordonsville · (615) 683-8212
- Avant Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (615) 529-2323
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