About Grant Cemetery
Grant Cemetery is a cemetery near Buena Vista, Amherst County, Virginia. It lies about 8.3 mi northwest of Buena Vista. The grounds sit at about 1,148 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1483743. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dodd Cemetery, about 2.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lomax Funeral Home in Buena Vista, about 9.7 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Amherst County, and 24 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, Buena Vista. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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37.64658, -79.24953
What Grant 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
- Dodd CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Gatewood CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery2.7 mi
- Roberts CemeteryBuena Vista, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Hudson CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery3.5 mi
- Hicks Morris Peters CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery5.7 mi
- Henley CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery6.6 mi
- Higginbotham CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery6.6 mi
- Burford CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery7.0 mi
- Mays CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery7.3 mi
- Corner Stone Baptist Church CemeteryWest Lynchburg, VABaptist cemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Grant Cemetery
- Lomax Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-6585
- Bolling, Grose, and Lotts Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-5510
- Driskill Funeral Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Amherst · (434) 946-5529
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory14 miCremation provider · Madison Heights · (434) 929-0055
- Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory14 miCremation provider · Lexington · (540) 463-2912
- Whitten Monelison Chapel14 miFuneral home · Madison Heights · (434) 929-5712
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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.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.