About Rock Island Cemetery
Rock Island Cemetery is a cemetery near Hempstead, Waller County, Texas. It lies about 5.8 mi southeast of Hempstead. The grounds sit at about 213 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345396. The nearest other listed cemetery is Salem Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mc Williams Funeral Home in Hempstead, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Waller County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hempstead. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
30.17487, -96.11642
What Rock Island 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
- Salem CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery1.5 mi
- St. Luke CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Victoria David Memorial Farm CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Cedar Creek CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church CemeteryHempstead, TXBaptist cemetery4.3 mi
- Lawrence Key CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery4.5 mi
- Paul Felder Church CemeteryHempstead, TXChurch cemetery5.0 mi
- Brenham CemeteryHempstead, TXCemetery5.1 mi
- Rock Island CemeteryNavasota, TXCemetery5.2 mi
- Gates-Perry Family CemeteryNavasota, TXFamily cemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Rock Island Cemetery
- Mc Williams Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · Hempstead · (979) 826-2421
- Canon Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Waller · (936) 372-3683
- Ashford & Oliver Mortuary14 miMortuary · Navasota · (936) 825-2525
- Lindley-robertson-holt Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Navasota · (936) 825-6448
- Lewis Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Brenham · (979) 251-8724
- Psalms Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Navasota · (936) 825-0211
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