About Fortner Cemetery
Fortner Cemetery is a cemetery near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia. It lies about 8.5 mi north of Union. The grounds sit at about 2,349 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1551167. The nearest other listed cemetery is Ballard-Harvey Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wickline Funeral Home in Lindside, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 27 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Union. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.47485, -80.59201
What Fortner 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
- Ballard-Harvey CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery1.4 mi
- Swope CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery2.2 mi
- Chambers CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery2.4 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery3.0 mi
- Dropping Lick CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery3.3 mi
- Lively CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery3.6 mi
- Ballard CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery4.6 mi
- Kire Community CemeteryPembroke, VACemetery4.6 mi
- Bradley CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery4.6 mi
- Broyles CemeteryUnion, WVCemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Fortner Cemetery
- Wickline Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Lindside · (304) 753-5910
- Groves-Mann Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Union · (304) 772-5335
- Kendall Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pembroke · (540) 626-7221
- Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Peterstown · (304) 753-4325
- Givens Funeral Home Inc.13 miFuneral home · Pearisburg · (540) 921-1650
- Riffe's Funeral Services Inc15 miFuneral home · Narrows · (540) 726-2442
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