About Rising Star Cemetery
Rising Star Cemetery is a cemetery near La Marque, Galveston County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 16 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1385109. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kelsey Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bay Area Funeral Directors in Texas City, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Galveston County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Galveston County dates to 1937. 1 of the 48 listings in Galveston County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, La Marque. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.37551, -94.97687
What Rising Star 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
- Kelsey CemeteryLa Marque, TXCemetery0.3 mi
- Phillips Memorial CemeteryLa Marque, TXCemetery0.7 mi
- La Marque CemeteryLa Marque, TXCemetery1.6 mi
- Hitchcock CemeteryHitchcock, TXCemetery2.2 mi
- Galveston Memorial Park CemeteryHitchcock, TXMemorial park2.3 mi
- Mainland Memorial CemeteryHitchcock, TXCemetery2.4 mi
- Barbers Chapel CemeteryHitchcock, TX · est. 1937Christian cemetery2.6 mi
- Texas City Memorial CemeteryTexas City, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Beguin - Opitz CemeteryHitchcock, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Grace Memorial CemeteryHitchcock, TXCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Rising Star Cemetery
- Bay Area Funeral Directors0.4 miFuneral home · Texas City · (409) 933-4300
- Mainland Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · La Marque · (409) 938-8123
- James Crowder Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · La Marque · (409) 935-2401
- Emken-Linton Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Texas City · (409) 945-4444
- Tottenham Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Texas City · (409) 949-9404
- Carnes Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Texas City · (409) 986-9900
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