About Bear Branch Cemetery
Bear Branch Cemetery is a cemetery near Chapmanville, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It lies about 10 mi south of Chapmanville. The grounds sit at about 840 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1535350. The nearest other listed cemetery is Thompson Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evans Funeral Home in Chapmanville, about 10 mi away. It is one of 203 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 168 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chapmanville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.12426, -82.02180
What Bear Branch 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
- Thompson CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Miller CemeteryHamlin, WVCemetery1.1 mi
- Barker CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.4 mi
- Dotson CemeteryMadison, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Brumfield CemeteryMadison, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Smith CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Egnor CemeteryMadison, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Elkins CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Spurlock CemeteryHamlin, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Bulger CemeteryMadison, WVCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Bear Branch Cemetery
- Evans Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Chapmanville · (304) 855-3232
- Handley Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Danville · (304) 369-0718
- Freeman Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Chapmanville · (304) 855-8800
- Koontz Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Hamlin · (304) 824-3111
- Handley Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Hamlin · (304) 824-2323
- Curry Funeral Home, WV15 miFuneral home · Alum Creek · (304) 756-3111
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