About Nelson Cemetery
Nelson Cemetery is a cemetery near Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee. It lies about 6.9 mi northeast of Smyrna. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1645833. The nearest other listed cemetery is Boring Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Roselawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens in Murfreesboro, about 6.1 mi away. It is one of 570 cemeteries we list in Rutherford County, and 257 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 570 listings in Rutherford County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Smyrna. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.89006, -86.56610
What Nelson 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
- Boring CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery0.2 mi
- Vaugh-McClaren CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Edwards CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Ross CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery0.8 mi
- Wood CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Batey CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Glymp CemeteryNolensville, TNCemetery1.6 mi
- Tucker CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Vaughan CemeteryMurfreesboro, TNCemetery2.0 mi
- Dewitt-Smith-Jobe CemeterySmyrna, TNCemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Nelson Cemetery
- Roselawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens6.1 miFuneral home · Murfreesboro · (615) 893-2742
- Simple Cremation And Funeral Services6.6 miFuneral home · Smyrna · (615) 751-4070
- Smith Family Funeral & Cremation Services6.9 miCremation provider · Murfreesboro · (615) 900-3083
- Woodfin Funeral Chapel7.2 miFuneral chapel · Smyrna · (615) 459-3254
- Woodfin Funeral Chapel, Smyrna7.2 miFuneral chapel · Smyrna
- Waller Chapel7.3 miFuneral home · Nolensville · (615) 776-7009
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