About Watts Cemetery
Watts Cemetery is a cemetery near Lynchburg, Amherst County, Virginia. It lies about 9.8 mi south of Lynchburg. The grounds sit at about 981 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1476397. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hudson Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory in Madison Heights, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Amherst County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Amherst County dates to 1850.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lynchburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.55395, -79.17226
What Watts 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
- Hudson CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Fletcher CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Hicks Morris Peters CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Hicks CemeteryLynchburg, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Faulconer CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery3.8 mi
- Williams CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery4.3 mi
- Campbell CemeteryMadison Heights, VACemetery4.6 mi
- McIvor CemeteryMadison Heights, VACemetery4.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Plantation Burial GroundAmherst, VACemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Watts Cemetery
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory6.2 miCremation provider · Madison Heights · (434) 929-0055
- Whitten Monelison Chapel6.4 miFuneral home · Madison Heights · (434) 929-5712
- Driskill Funeral Chapel8.1 miFuneral chapel · Amherst · (434) 946-5529
- Davis & Turner Funeral Services8.9 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 846-9011
- Community Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 847-7775
- Franklin Funeral Home9.7 miFuneral home · Lynchburg · (434) 846-1337
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