About Poor House Cemetery
Poor House Cemetery is a cemetery near Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.8 mi north of Smithville. The grounds sit at about 961 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2712219. The nearest other listed cemetery is Tittsworth Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is De Kalb Funeral Chapel Llc in Smithville, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 184 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 112 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
35.90659, -85.80604
What Poor House 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
- Tittsworth CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Cantrell CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Dekalb CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Whorton Springs CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- DeKalb County Memorial GardensSmithville, TNMemorial park1.4 mi
- Jacobs Pillar CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery2.3 mi
- McGuire CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- Ferrell CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery2.9 mi
- New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church CemeterySmithville, TNBaptist cemetery3.0 mi
- Bratcher CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Poor House Cemetery
- De Kalb Funeral Chapel Llc3.0 miFuneral chapel · Smithville · (615) 597-9400
- Love-Cantrell Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Smithville · (615) 597-5275
- McMinnville Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · McMinnville · (931) 473-6606
- High Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · McMinnville · (931) 473-2137
- Woodbury Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Woodbury · (615) 563-2311
- Oak Lawn Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 738-8549
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