About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. It lies about 2.7 mi northwest of Big Stone Gap. The grounds sit at about 1,654 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1483528. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wilson Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holding Funeral Home in Big Stone Gap, about 3.9 mi away. It is one of 218 cemeteries we list in Wise County, and 165 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Big Stone Gap. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.86231, -82.70571
What Franklin 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
- Wilson CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Barker CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Gilly CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Dickerson CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Egan CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Treadway CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Big Spring CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Wilson CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.7 mi
- Hobbs CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.8 mi
- East Stone Gap CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Holding Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-1470
- Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory4.3 miCremation provider · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-7000
- Roy A Green Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Appalachia · (276) 565-1250
- Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Norton · (276) 679-0192
- Sturgill Funeral Homes9.5 miFuneral home · Wise · (276) 328-5751
- Sturgill Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Wise · (276) 328-5751
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