About Swain - Basham Cemetery
Swain - Basham Cemetery is a cemetery near Roanoke, Franklin County, Virginia. It lies about 12 mi northwest of Roanoke. The grounds sit at about 965 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1791128. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jeter Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Flora Funeral Service, Inc in Hardy, about 4.7 mi away. It is one of 578 cemeteries we list in Franklin County, and 158 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Roanoke. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.18016, -79.76249
What Swain - Basham 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
- Jeter CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Kasey CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery0.5 mi
- Richardson CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Basham CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Oylers Chapel CemeteryRoanoke, VAChurch cemetery1.5 mi
- Ellis-Blankenship CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery1.7 mi
- Robertson CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Neathawk CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Childress CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Aylor CemeteryNorth Shore, VACemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Swain - Basham Cemetery
- Flora Funeral Service, Inc4.7 miFuneral home · Hardy · (540) 721-3835
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory4.9 miCremation provider · Hardy · (540) 721-9375
- Oakey's Funeral Service and Crematory9.6 miCremation provider · Vinton · (540) 982-2221
- Lotz Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Vinton
- Lotz Funeral Home - Vinton10 miFuneral home · Vinton · (540) 343-4986
- Valley Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Roanoke · (540) 389-1200
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