About Riggs Cemetery
Riggs Cemetery is a cemetery near Cheney, Whitman County, Washington. It lies about 20 mi northwest of Cheney. The grounds sit at about 2,539 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1507802. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rosalia Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schanzenbach Funeral Home in Fairfield, about 12 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Whitman County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cheney. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
47.24805, -117.34311
What Riggs 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
- Rosalia CemeterySpokane, WACemetery1.4 mi
- Waverly CemeterySpokane, WACemetery8.2 mi
- Pine City CemeteryCheney, WAMunicipal cemetery8.9 mi
- Oakesdale CemeteryPalouse, WACemetery9.0 mi
- Evergreen CemeterySpokane, WACemetery9.1 mi
- Lone Pine CemeteryPalouse, WACemetery9.2 mi
- Thornton CemeteryColfax, WACemetery9.4 mi
- Latah CemeterySpokane, WACemetery10 mi
- Rosewood CemeterySpokane, WACemetery10 mi
- Spangle CemeteryCheney, WACemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Riggs Cemetery
- Schanzenbach Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Fairfield · (509) 283-2311
- Cheney Funeral Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Cheney · (509) 235-2992
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