About Rakes Cemetery
Rakes Cemetery is a cemetery near Chapmanville, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It lies about 7.5 mi southeast of Chapmanville. The grounds sit at about 1,263 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1545387. The nearest other listed cemetery is DeHaven Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evans Funeral Home in Chapmanville, about 7.2 mi away. It is one of 203 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 181 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
38.06232, -82.09569
What Rakes 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
- DeHaven CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery0.8 mi
- Lucas CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.1 mi
- Bishop CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.4 mi
- Adkins CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Maynard CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.7 mi
- Nelson CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Frye CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Nelson CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Ferrellsburg CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery2.6 mi
- Lambert CemeteryChapmanville, WVCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Rakes Cemetery
- Evans Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Chapmanville · (304) 855-3232
- Freeman Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Chapmanville · (304) 855-8800
- Handley Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Danville · (304) 369-0718
- Koontz Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Hamlin · (304) 824-3111
- Handley Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Hamlin · (304) 824-2323
- James Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Logan · (304) 752-4550
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