About Old Prison Cemetery
Old Prison Cemetery is a church cemetery near Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas. It lies about 1.3 mi southeast of Rusk. The grounds sit at about 705 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343196. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kilgore Family Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wallace Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 132 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 132 listings in Cherokee County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rusk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.80878, -95.16689
What Old Prison 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
- Kilgore Family CemeteryRusk, TXFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Rusk State Hospital CemeteryRusk, TXChurch cemetery1.7 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery1.8 mi
- Hogg CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Weems CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery2.9 mi
- Rowe CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.0 mi
- Jones CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Oakland Baptist Church CemeteryRusk, TXBaptist cemetery3.3 mi
- Ford CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Lone Dove CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Old Prison Cemetery
- Wallace Thompson Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Rusk · (903) 683-2222
- Autry Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-6262
- Boren-Conner Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-2213
- Allen Funeral Service, Inc.12 miFuneral home · Alto · (936) 858-4111
- Williams Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-0132
- Mercy-McGowan Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-4698
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