About Riceville Cemetery
Riceville Cemetery is a baptist cemetery near Missouri City, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 3.6 mi south of Missouri City. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345165. The nearest other listed cemetery is Emanuel Memorial Park, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Winford Funerals 1 in Houston, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Missouri City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.67051, -95.53744
What Riceville 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
- Emanuel Memorial Park8341 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TXMemorial park1.0 mi
- Stafford CemeteryStafford, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Alief CemeteryMission Bend, TXCemetery4.6 mi
- New Hope CemeteryFifth Street, TXCemetery5.0 mi
- Varney-Packer Family CemeteryFifth Street, TXFamily cemetery5.1 mi
- Prairie Grove CemeteryMission Bend, TXCemetery5.2 mi
- Cementerio San IsidroSugar Land, TXCemetery6.0 mi
- Forest Park Cemetery12800 Westheimer Road, Houston, TXCemetery6.4 mi
- Hillsman Family CemeteryFour Corners, TXFamily cemetery7.4 mi
- Morse-Bragg CemeteryHouston, TXCemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Riceville Cemetery
- Winford Funerals 11.3 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 771-9999
- Miller Funeral Services & Cremation Society of Texas1.7 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 981-1184
- Unity Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 561-6300
- Claire Brothers Funeral Home3.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 271-7250
- Earthman Southwest Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Stafford · (281) 240-3300
- Houston Mortuary and Crematory3.5 miCremation provider · Houston · (713) 388-6372
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Frequently asked questions
Is Riceville Cemetery a Baptist cemetery?
Our records list a Baptist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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