About Backbone Cemetery
Backbone Cemetery is a cemetery near Princeton, Collin County, Texas. It lies about 4.1 mi north of Princeton. The grounds sit at about 505 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329908. The nearest other listed cemetery is Higgins Cemetery, about 3.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home in Nevada, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 103 cemeteries we list in Collin County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 103 listings in Collin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Princeton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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33.12456, -96.47526
What Backbone 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
- Higgins CemeteryLowry Crossing, TXCemetery3.8 mi
- Princeton CemeteryPrinceton, TXCemetery4.0 mi
- Wilson Church CemeteryLowry Crossing, TXChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Clear Lake CemeteryWylie, TXCemetery4.8 mi
- Van Winkle CemeteryPrinceton, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Rike CemeteryFarmersville, TXCemetery5.4 mi
- Thompson CemeteryLavon, TXCemetery5.6 mi
- Smith CemeteryFarmersville, TXCemetery5.7 mi
- Milligan CemeteryLowry Crossing, TXCemetery5.7 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryPrinceton, TXCemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Backbone Cemetery
- Charles W. Smith and Sons Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Nevada · (972) 843-4000
- Hurst's Fielder-Baker Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Farmersville · (972) 782-6121
- Hog Heaven Cremation Urns7.2 miCremation provider · Garland · (817) 707-0923
- Gifford Monument Works7.7 miMonument dealer · Wylie · (972) 544-6305
- Allen Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Wylie · (972) 442-2234
- Belew Funeral Homes9.3 miFuneral home · McKinney · (972) 542-3351
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