About Necessary Cemetery
Necessary Cemetery is a cemetery near Dryden, Scott County, Virginia. It lies about 11 mi northwest of Dryden. The grounds sit at about 1,549 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1498125. The nearest other listed cemetery is Clendenen Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Carter-Trent Funeral Homes in Church Hill, about 12 mi away. It is one of 429 cemeteries we list in Scott County, and 246 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dryden. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.67787, -82.79794
What Necessary 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
- Clendenen CemeteryDryden, VACemetery0.7 mi
- Purchase CemeteryDryden, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Horton CemeteryDryden, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Necessary CemeteryDryden, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Goode CemeteryDryden, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Franklin CemeteryDryden, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Tomlinson CemeteryDryden, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Rhoton CemeteryGate City, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Bostic CemeteryDryden, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Rhoton CemeteryGate City, VACemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Necessary Cemetery
- Affordable Monuments2.4 miMonument dealer · Duffield · (276) 940-2306
- Carter-Trent Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Church Hill · (423) 207-2322
- Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Church Hill · (423) 357-4113
- Carter-Trent Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Church Hill · (423) 357-0808
- Carter-Trent Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Mt Carmel · (423) 357-0808
- Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory13 miCremation provider · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-7000
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