About Harrison Cemetery
Harrison Cemetery is a cemetery near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It lies about 2.1 mi south of Amherst. The grounds sit at about 669 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1467788. The nearest other listed cemetery is Amherst Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Driskill Funeral Chapel in Amherst, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Amherst County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Amherst County dates to 1850.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Amherst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.61418, -79.06073
What Harrison 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
- Amherst CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Christian Aid CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.7 mi
- Burford CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Plantation Burial GroundAmherst, VACemetery3.9 mi
- Henley CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.4 mi
- Parr CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.5 mi
- Williams CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Wilson CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery5.1 mi
- Cash CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Harrison Cemetery
- Driskill Funeral Chapel1.7 miFuneral chapel · Amherst · (434) 946-5529
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory10 miCremation provider · Madison Heights · (434) 929-0055
- Whitten Monelison Chapel10 miFuneral home · Madison Heights · (434) 929-5712
- Byrum-Parr Funeral Home Inc11 miFuneral home · Roseland · (434) 277-5194
- Davis & Turner Funeral Services14 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 846-9011
- Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel15 miFuneral chapel · Lovingston · (434) 263-4097
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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