About Henley Cemetery
Henley Cemetery is a cemetery near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It lies about 6.0 mi southeast of Amherst. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1484036. The nearest other listed cemetery is Burford Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Driskill Funeral Chapel in Amherst, about 6.0 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Amherst County, and 40 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
37.64741, -79.12866
What Henley 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
- Burford CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.2 mi
- Mays CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Higginbotham CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.2 mi
- Parr CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Beard CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.9 mi
- Loving CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Hicks Morris Peters CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Harrison CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.4 mi
- Carpenter CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.5 mi
- Dodd CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Henley Cemetery
- Driskill Funeral Chapel6.0 miFuneral chapel · Amherst · (434) 946-5529
- Byrum-Parr Funeral Home Inc11 miFuneral home · Roseland · (434) 277-5194
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory12 miCremation provider · Madison Heights · (434) 929-0055
- Whitten Monelison Chapel12 miFuneral home · Madison Heights · (434) 929-5712
- Lomax Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-6585
- Bolling, Grose, and Lotts Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-5510
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