About Griggs Cemetery
Griggs Cemetery is a cemetery near Newton, Newton County, Texas. It lies about 8.5 mi southwest of Newton. The grounds sit at about 246 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358445. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Johns Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Burkeville, about 6.9 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Newton County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
30.90409, -93.63018
What Griggs 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
- Saint Johns CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery1.8 mi
- Old Union CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery2.2 mi
- Simmons CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery3.4 mi
- Cedar Grove Church CemeteryNewton, TXChurch cemetery3.6 mi
- Woods CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery5.1 mi
- Spears Chapel CemeteryNewton, TXChurch cemetery5.3 mi
- Liberty CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery5.8 mi
- McMahon CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery6.1 mi
- Almadane CemeteryMerryville, LACemetery6.3 mi
- Shankleville CemeteryNewton, TXCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Griggs Cemetery
- Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Burkeville · (409) 565-2216
- Smith Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Newton · (409) 379-5041
- Pine Hill Memorial Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Newton · (409) 384-4471
- Myers Colonial Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · DeRidder · (337) 463-9996
- Chaddick Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · DeRidder · (337) 460-5945
- Hixson Funeral Home21 miFuneral home · DeRidder · (337) 463-6211
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