About Thornton Cemetery
Thornton Cemetery is a cemetery near Chincoteague, Accomack County, Virginia. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Chincoteague. The grounds sit at about 7 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2780416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fox Funeral Homes in Chincoteague, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 680 cemeteries we list in Accomack County, and 110 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 680 listings in Accomack County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chincoteague. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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37.91970, -75.38100
What Thornton 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
- Greenwood CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Beulah CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Beulah Baptist Church CemeteryChincoteague, VABaptist cemetery0.4 mi
- Bunting CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Jones CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Christ Union Baptist CemeteryChincoteague, VABaptist cemetery0.5 mi
- Andrews & Daisey CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Andrews CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Aydelotte CemeteryChincoteague, VACemetery0.6 mi
Funeral homes near Thornton Cemetery
- Fox Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Chincoteague · (757) 336-3001
- Fox Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Temperanceville · (757) 824-4001
- Bennie Smith Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Pocomoke City · (410) 957-0080
- Holloway Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Pocomoke City · (410) 957-0224
- Williams Funeral Homes17 miFuneral home · Parksley · (757) 665-5153
- Thornton Funeral Home and Cremation Center18 miFuneral home · Parksley · (757) 665-5939
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