About Cope Cemetery
Cope Cemetery is a cemetery near Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. It lies about 18 mi north of Abilene. The grounds sit at about 2,021 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Vera Dawn Walker. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1333313. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rogers Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fry Smith Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Tuscola, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Taylor County, and 14 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abilene. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cope Cemetery
- Vera Dawn Walker1897-1978(1896-1978) American aviator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cope 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
32.18904, -99.71185
What Cope 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
- Rogers CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- McBee CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery3.2 mi
- Snodgrass CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery4.3 mi
- Tuscola CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.1 mi
- Cedar Gap CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Tecumseh CemeteryPotosi, TXCemetery6.1 mi
- Dewey CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery6.3 mi
- Dudley Memorial Cemetery AssociationPotosi, TXCemetery7.5 mi
- Lemons Gap CemeteryAbilene, TXCemetery7.5 mi
- Dudley CemeteryPotosi, TXCemetery7.5 mi
Funeral homes near Cope Cemetery
- Fry Smith Funeral Home and Cremation Service5.1 miFuneral home · Tuscola · (325) 554-7404
- Funeral Directors Life13 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 695-3412
- Hamil Family Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 692-2232
- Elmwood Funeral Home & Memorial Park16 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 692-0655
- Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, Garden of Memories Cemetery & Crematory16 miCremation provider · Abilene · (325) 698-2200
- Piersall Funeral Directors18 miFuneral home · Abilene · (325) 677-3783
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