About Griffin Cemetery
Griffin Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, DeKalb County, Tennessee. It lies about 12 mi northeast of Sparta. The grounds sit at about 899 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2711712. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oak Lawn Funeral Home in Sparta, about 10 mi away. It is one of 184 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 88 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sparta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.84014, -85.64818
What Griffin 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
- Cantrell CemeterySparta, TNCemetery0.0 mi
- Wright CemeterySparta, TNCemetery0.6 mi
- Sanders CemeterySparta, TNCemetery0.7 mi
- Grissom CemeterySparta, TNCemetery1.7 mi
- New Union Baptist Church CemeteryMcMinnville, TNBaptist cemetery2.3 mi
- Chisam CemeterySpencer, TNCemetery2.4 mi
- Walker CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Roberts CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Bain CemeterySmithville, TNCemetery2.7 mi
- Swindell CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Griffin Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 738-8549
- Final Care Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Sparta · (931) 738-4600
- Thurman Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3194
- De Kalb Funeral Chapel Llc12 miFuneral chapel · Smithville · (615) 597-9400
- Hunter Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3211
- Spencer Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Spencer · (931) 946-7444
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