About Walnut Creek Cemetery
Walnut Creek Cemetery is a cemetery near Athens, Henderson County, Texas. It lies about 4.4 mi northeast of Athens. The grounds sit at about 404 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349435. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Major Funeral Home & Chapel in Athens, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 76 cemeteries we list in Henderson County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.17876, -95.92330
What Walnut Creek 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
- Smith CemeteryMalakoff, TXCemetery1.7 mi
- Goodgame CemeteryAthens, TXCemetery1.7 mi
- Athens Cemetery324 Lakeside Drive, Athens, TXCemetery4.1 mi
- Richardson CemeteryAthens, TXCemetery4.3 mi
- Malakoff CemeteryMalakoff, TXCemetery4.4 mi
- North Athens CemeteryAthens, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Rome CemeteryCounty Road 1109, Athens, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Willow Springs CemeteryMalakoff, TXCemetery5.9 mi
- Mary Queen of Heaven CemeteryMalakoff, TXCemetery6.3 mi
- Payne CemeteryMalakoff, TXCemetery6.4 mi
Funeral homes near Walnut Creek Cemetery
- Major Funeral Home & Chapel4.5 miFuneral home · Athens · (817) 608-0123
- Garrett & Tucker Funeral4.8 miFuneral home · Athens · (903) 675-3554
- Huckabee-Tomlinson Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Malakoff · (903) 489-1500
- Hannigan Smith Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Athens · (903) 675-2275
- Cain Browns Memorial Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Malakoff · (903) 489-4120
- Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Athens
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.