About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Sparta, White County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 961 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: L. D. Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1269213. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Sparta Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hunter Funeral Home in Sparta, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 82 cemeteries we list in White County, and 76 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.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
- L. D. Smith1866-1932American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
35.91867, -85.46136
What Highland 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
- Old Sparta CemeterySparta, TNCemetery0.5 mi
- Snodgrass CemeterySparta, TNCemetery1.2 mi
- Willhite CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeterySparta, TNChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Mount Gilead CemeterySparta, TNCemetery2.8 mi
- Rose CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Oaklawn Memorial CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Lance CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.3 mi
- Davis CemeterySparta, TNCemetery3.5 mi
- Bethlehem CemeterySparta, TNCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Hunter Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3211
- Thurman Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 836-3194
- Final Care Cremation Services3.2 miCremation provider · Sparta · (931) 738-4600
- Oak Lawn Funeral Home3.3 miFuneral home · Sparta · (931) 738-8549
- Spencer Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Spencer · (931) 946-7444
- Layne Funeral Home & Cremation Services12 miFuneral home · Spencer · (931) 946-4444
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