About Alton Cemetery
Alton Cemetery is a cemetery near South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. It lies about 10 mi northeast of South Boston. The grounds sit at about 538 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1690096. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ephesus Cemetery, about 2.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brooks Lyon Funeral Home in South Boston, about 10 mi away. It is one of 73 cemeteries we list in Halifax County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Boston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.57235, -79.00306
What Alton 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
- Ephesus CemeteryRoxboro, NCCemetery2.8 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeterySouth Boston, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Olive Branch CemeterySouth Boston, VACemetery3.2 mi
- New Bethel CemeterySouth Boston, VACemetery3.8 mi
- Crossroads CemeterySouth Boston, VAChristian cemetery4.5 mi
- Baileys Chapel Methodist Church CemeteryRoxboro, NCMethodist cemetery4.6 mi
- Cunningham CemeteryRoxboro, NCCemetery4.7 mi
- Black Walnut CemeterySouth Boston, VACemetery5.1 mi
- Spring Hill CemeterySouth Boston, VACemetery5.3 mi
- Woodsdale Methodist Church CemeteryRoxboro, NCMethodist cemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Alton Cemetery
- Brooks Lyon Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · South Boston · (434) 572-2995
- Brooks Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · South Boston
- Powell Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · South Boston · (434) 572-4911
- Strickland Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Roxboro · (336) 599-2161
- Jeffress Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · South Boston · (434) 572-2046
- Young Monument Company11 miMonument dealer · Roxboro · (336) 599-6502
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