About Knollkreg Cemetery
Knollkreg Cemetery is a cemetery near Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Abingdon. It is operated by Heritage Family Cemetery. The grounds sit at about 2,100 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Robert Porterfield, Lefty Thomas and Roby C. Thompson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1469074. The nearest other listed cemetery is Johnston Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Farris Funeral Service, Inc. - Main Street Chapel in Abingdon, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 183 cemeteries we list in Washington County, and 85 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abingdon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Knollkreg Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 baseball player.
- Robert Porterfield1905-1971American actor and director
- Lefty Thomas1903-1952Major League Baseball pitcher
- Roby C. Thompson1898-1960American judge
- E. C. Buck1852-1925American politician
- Fred C. Buckdied 1964American politician and banker (died 1964)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Knollkreg Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
36.71705, -81.95762
What Knollkreg 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
- Johnston Family CemeteryAbingdon, VAFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Campbell CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Sinking Spring CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Hayter CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery1.5 mi
- High Point CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Hagy CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Keller CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.5 mi
- Gray CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Washington Chapel CemeteryAbingdon, VAChurch cemetery2.7 mi
- Baugh CemeteryAbingdon, VACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Knollkreg Cemetery
- Farris Funeral Service, Inc. - Main Street Chapel0.4 miFuneral home · Abingdon · (276) 623-2700
- Frost Funeral Home LLC0.7 miFuneral home · Abingdon · (276) 628-2131
- Perry Cremation & Funeral Alternatives3.0 miCremation provider · Abingdon · (276) 776-5950
- Farris Cremation and Funeral Center3.7 miCremation provider · Abingdon · (276) 623-2727
- Smyth Chapel7.7 miFuneral home · Meadowview
- Emory and Henry Memorial Chapel8.0 miFuneral chapel · Meadowview
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