About Peterson Cemetery
Peterson Cemetery is a cemetery near Dryden, Scott County, Virginia. It lies about 8.7 mi west of Dryden. The grounds sit at about 1,394 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1486169. The nearest other listed cemetery is Nickels Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory in Big Stone Gap, about 8.9 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
36.73120, -82.79544
What Peterson 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
- Nickels CemeteryDryden, VACemetery0.8 mi
- Minton CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Baker CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Pannell CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Kane CemeteryDryden, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Horton CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Horton CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Frazier CemeteryDryden, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Carter CemeteryDryden, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Bowen CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Peterson Cemetery
- Affordable Monuments4.2 miMonument dealer · Duffield · (276) 940-2306
- Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory8.9 miCremation provider · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-7000
- Holding Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-1470
- Roy A Green Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Appalachia · (276) 565-1250
- Sturgill/Mullins Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Pennington Gap · (276) 546-1121
- Gate City Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Gate City · (276) 386-7033
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