About Riggs Cemetery
Riggs Cemetery is a cemetery near Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia. It lies about 5.7 mi southeast of Wayne. The grounds sit at about 676 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1545598. The nearest other listed cemetery is Alley Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson Tiller Funeral Home in Wayne, about 5.5 mi away. It is one of 195 cemeteries we list in Wayne County, and 109 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wayne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.26203, -82.53293
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
- Alley CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Ward CemeteryLavalette, WVCemetery1.3 mi
- Newman CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery1.4 mi
- John Tucker Bean CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery1.7 mi
- Blair CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Blair-Hatton CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Damron CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Newman CemeteryMeads, KYCemetery2.4 mi
- Smith CemeteryWayne, WVCemetery2.8 mi
- Black CemeteryMeads, KYCemetery2.9 mi
Funeral homes near Riggs Cemetery
- Johnson Tiller Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Wayne · (304) 272-5107
- Morris Funeral Home Inc5.5 miFuneral home · Wayne · (304) 272-5171
- Johnson-Tiller Funeral Home5.9 miCremation provider · Wayne · (304) 272-5107
- Reger Funeral Home & Crematory Ceredo-Kenova Chapel9.4 miCremation provider · Ceredo · (304) 453-6181
- Reger Funeral Home & Crematory9.4 miCremation provider · Ceredo
- Rollins Funeral Home, Inc.10 miFuneral home · Kenova · (304) 453-1751
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