About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a catholic cemetery near Black Diamond, King County, Washington. It lies about 2.0 mi northwest of Black Diamond. The nearest other listed cemetery is Black Diamond Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home in Enumclaw, about 6.1 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in King County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in King County dates to 1986. 13 of the 65 listings in King County have a phone number or website on record.
Franklin was a significant coal mining town in the 1800s. After WWI, the demand for coal declined and led to the end of coal mining in the Puget Sound area. Remains of Franklin today are building foundations, artifacts, shaft of coal mine, and cemetery.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Black Diamond. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
47.29326, -121.96802
What Franklin 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
- Black Diamond Cemetery24431 Morgan Street, Black Diamond, WACemetery2.6 mi
- Krain CemeteryEnumclaw, WACemetery3.8 mi
- Ravensdale CemeteryRavensdale, WACemetery4.5 mi
- Evergreen Memorial ParkEnumclaw, WAMemorial park5.3 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery (historical)Enumclaw, WACemetery5.4 mi
- Hobart Maple Valley CemeteryHobart, WACemetery8.6 mi
- Buckley CemeteryBuckley, WACemetery8.9 mi
- Meridian CemeteryCovington, WACemetery8.9 mi
- Tahoma National Cemetery18600 SE 240th Street, Kent, WANational cemetery9.0 mi
- American Moslem Foundation House of MercyCovington, WAMuslim cemetery9.9 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Enumclaw · (360) 825-3548
- Edline-Yahn & Covington Funeral Chapel9.0 miFuneral chapel · Kent · (253) 630-2736
- Weeks' Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Buckley · (360) 829-1171
- Price-Helton Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Auburn · (253) 833-1165
- Klontz Funeral Home and Cremation Services12 miFuneral home · Auburn · (253) 200-3555
- Price-Helton Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Auburn · (253) 833-1165
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Franklin Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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