About Tench Cemetery
Tench Cemetery is a cemetery near Henry Fork, Franklin County, Virginia. It lies about 8.4 mi northwest of Henry Fork. The grounds sit at about 1,060 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1791636. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grindstaff Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Stanfield Mortuary Service in Rocky Mount, about 8.7 mi away. It is one of 578 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 232 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Henry Fork. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.87060, -79.77548
What Tench 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
- Grindstaff CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Brodie CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery0.6 mi
- Hundley - Beckner CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Cook CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Law CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Bernard CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Wade CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Smith-Thomas CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Snow Creek Memorial GardensMartinsville, VAMemorial park2.7 mi
- Stone CemeteryHenry Fork, VACemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Tench Cemetery
- Stanfield Mortuary Service8.7 miMortuary · Rocky Mount · (540) 483-2902
- Flora Funeral Service10 miFuneral home · Rocky Mount · (540) 483-3835
- Lynch Conner-bowman Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Rocky Mount · (540) 483-5533
- Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home & Crematory - Rocky Mount11 miCremation provider · Rocky Mount · (540) 590-3180
- Conner-Bowman Funeral Home & Crematory11 miCremation provider · Rocky Mount · (540) 334-5151
- Norris Funeral Services, Inc. & Crematory - Martinsville Chapel12 miCremation provider · Martinsville · (276) 638-2778
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