About Cowden Cemetery
Cowden Cemetery is a cemetery near Gate City, Scott County, Virginia. It lies about 8.8 mi south of Gate City. The grounds sit at about 1,325 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1482761. The nearest other listed cemetery is Richmond Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gate City Funeral Home in Gate City, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 429 cemeteries we list in Scott County, and 242 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gate City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.75592, -82.63988
What Cowden 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
- Richmond CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.3 mi
- Johnson CemeteryGate City, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Salling CemeteryGate City, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Qualls CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Duncan CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Carter CemeteryGate City, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Kerns CemeteryGate City, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Carter CemeteryGate City, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Carter CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.2 mi
- McConnell CemeteryGate City, VACemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Cowden Cemetery
- Affordable Monuments8.3 miMonument dealer · Duffield · (276) 940-2306
- Gate City Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Gate City · (276) 386-7033
- Colonial Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Weber City · (276) 386-6151
- Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Weber City · (276) 207-8850
- Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory11 miCremation provider · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-7000
- Holding Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-1470
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