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Avery County Cemeteries
According to FindAGrave.com, Avery County, North Carolina has approximately 224 known cemeteries. The largest is Yellow Mountain Cemetery in Plumtree with 729 memorials. Newland Cemetery in the city of Newland has 665 memorials followed by Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Altamont, 660 memorials, Daniels Cemetery in Hughes, 580 memorials and Montezuma Cemetery in Montezuma with 496 memorials.
There are twenty-two burial locations in Avery County that contain only a single memorial.
You can sort the table below alphabetically by Cemetery Name, City, or the number of memorials in each cemetery.
| Cemetery Name | City | Memorials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A A and Shoner Johnson Cemetery | Newland | 105 | WWW |
| Aaron Cornelius Laws Family Cemetery | Cranberry | 28 | |
| Alvin Hicks Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 15 | WWW |
| Arvil Clark Cemetery | Crossnore | 40 | WWW |
| Ashley Cemetery | Newland | 290 | WWW |
| Aycock Family Cemetery | Altamont | 1 | WWW |
| Bailey Lee Cemetery | Newland | 13 | WWW |
| Banner Cemetery | Elk Park | 188 | |
| Banner Elk Cemetery | Banner Elk | 338 | |
| Banner Elk United Methodist Memorial Garden | Banner Elk | 9 | |
| Beech Bottom Mennonite Cemetery | Frank | 52 | WWW |
| Beech Creek Cemetery | Beech Mountain / Avery County | 264 | |
| Beech Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery | Elk Park | 175 | |
| Belview Cemetery | Cranberry | 133 | |
| Ben Eller Cemetery | Heaton | 1 | |
| Benfield Cemetery | Crossnore | 91 | |
| Berry-Calloway Cemetery | Sugar Mountain / Avery County | 11 | |
| Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery | Ingalls | 104 | |
| Big Meadows Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery | Newland | 370 | |
| Blue Ridge Mountain Church Cemetery | Elk Park | 6 | |
| Bowers Cemetery | Minneapolis | 2 | |
| Bowlick Family Cemetery | Heaton | 53 | |
| Boyd Ollis Family Cemetery | Newland | 4 | WWW |
| Braswell Family Cemetery | Avery County | 5 | WWW |
| Brewer-Hughes Cemetery | Avery County | 5 | WWW |
| Brian Ward Burial Site | Elk Park | 1 | WWW |
| Bright’s Cemetery | Avery County | 2 | WWW |
| Buchanan Family Cemetery | Spear | 1 | WWW |
| Buck Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery | Newland | 44 | WWW |
| Burleson Cemetery | Avery County | 108 | WWW |
| Callahan Cemetery | Minneapolis | 2 | WWW |
| Calloway Cemetery | Pineola | 150 | WWW |
| Cannon Cemetery | Avery County | 43 | WWW |
| Carpenter Cemetery | Carpenter Bottom | 48 | WWW |
| Cary Flat Cemetery | Gragg | 157 | WWW |
| Church Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 9 | WWW |
| Church of Jesus Christ Cemetery | Newland | 140 | WWW |
| Clark Cemetery | Crossnore | 67 | WWW |
| Cook Cemetery | Avery County | 80 | WWW |
| Cook Cemetery | Elk Park | 39 | WWW |
| Cooper & Ellis Cemetery | Newland | 33 | WWW |
| Corbbet F Winters Cemetery | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Cornett-Church Cemetery | Newland | 23 | WWW |
| Cranberry Cemetery | Cranberry | 442 | WWW |
| Crawford Cemetery | Avery County | 23 | WWW |
| Crossnore Baptist Church Cemetery | Crossnore | 62 | WWW |
| Crossnore Presbyterian Church Cemetery | Crossnore | 92 | WWW |
| Cuthbertson Cemetery | Crossnore | 104 | WWW |
| Daniels Cemetery | Hughes | 580 | WWW |
| Dave Beers Family Cemetery | Avery County | 6 | WWW |
| Dellinger Family Cemetery | Spear | 1 | WWW |
| Dwelling Place Columbarium | Banner Elk | 79 | WWW |
| Ed Buchanan Cemetery | Minneapolis | 97 | WWW |
| Elijah Smith Cemetery | Elk Park | 9 | WWW |
| Elk Mountain Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery | Newland | 156 | WWW |
| Elk Valley Baptist Church Cemetery | Avery County | 178 | WWW |
| Eller Cemetery | Avery County | 19 | WWW |
| English Family Cemetery | Ingalls | 2 | WWW |
| Estep Cemetery | Whaley | 1 | WWW |
| Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery | Newland | 139 | WWW |
| Fall Branch Family Cemetery | Newland | 1 | WWW |
| Fall Creek Baptist Church Cemetery | Elk Park | 148 | WWW |
| First Baptist Church Cemetery | Newland | 15 | WWW |
| Flat Springs Baptist Church Cemetery | Elka Park | 269 | WWW |
| Fletcher Cemetery | Newland | 32 | WWW |
| Fork Mountain Cemetery | Newland | 438 | WWW |
| Fox Cemetery | Avery County | 39 | WWW |
| Franklin Cemetery | Pyatte | 38 | WWW |
| Gerald Johnson Family Cemetery | Banner Elk | 1 | WWW |
| Gladys C Wise Family Cemetery | Spear | 5 | WWW |
| Grady Trivett Cemetery | Elk Park | 29 | WWW |
| Gragg Cemetery | Gragg | 29 | WWW |
| Gragg Cemetery | Roseborough | 22 | WWW |
| Gragg Cemetery | Linville | 33 | WWW |
| Gragg Cemetery | Grandfather | 20 | WWW |
| Gragg Cemetery | Gragg | 38 | WWW |
| Gragg Graveyard | Gragg | 14 | WWW |
| Green Buchanan Cemetery | Avery County | 102 | WWW |
| Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery | Spear | 262 | WWW |
| Greene Cemetery | Avery County | 24 | WWW |
| Guy Cemetery | Avery County | 49 | WWW |
| Gwyn Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 4 | WWW |
| Harris Memorial Cemetery | Ingalls | 30 | WWW |
| Hayes Orchard Cemetery | Elk Park | 13 | WWW |
| Hayhurst Family Cemetery | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Heaton Cemetery | Elk Park | 358 | WWW |
| Henley-Moore Cemetery | Montezuma | 6 | WWW |
| Hensons Creek Cemetery | Avery County | 5 | WWW |
| Hicks Cemetery | Avery County | 13 | WWW |
| Hicks Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 28 | WWW |
| Hicks Family Cemetery | Beech Mountain | 5 | WWW |
| Hobson Cemetery | Avery County | 4 | WWW |
| Hollander Family Cemetery | Roseborough | 42 | WWW |
| Holtsclaw Cemetery | Cranberry | 48 | WWW |
| Home Cemetery | Avery County | 12 | WWW |
| Home Cemetery | Avery County | 3 | WWW |
| Hopson Family Cemetery | Roaring Creek | 3 | WWW |
| Houston Cemetery | Spear | 60 | WWW |
| Houston Family Cemetery | Roaring Creek | 4 | WWW |
| Hughes Cemetery | Newland | 4 | WWW |
| Hughes Cemetery | Hughes | 260 | WWW |
| Hughes Memorial Park | Roaring Creek | 230 | WWW |
| Ingram Cemetery | Ingalls | 19 | WWW |
| Jacob Carpenter Cemetery | Three Mile | 5 | WWW |
| Jacob Puckett Cemetery | Banner Elk | 1 | WWW |
| James Thaddeus Braswell Grave | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| James William Trivett Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 4 | WWW |
| Jennie Wilson Burial | Avery County | 2 | WWW |
| Jesse Church Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 3 | WWW |
| Joel Trivett Cemetery | Avery County | 16 | WWW |
| John Harmon Cemetery | Elk Park | 65 | WWW |
| John Johnson Cemetery | Crossnore | 266 | WWW |
| John Taylor Community Cemetery | Cranberry Gap | 33 | WWW |
| Jones Cemetery | Avery County | 37 | WWW |
| Landon H. Guy Family Cemetery | Whaley | 5 | WWW |
| Leason Carroll Gragg Cemetery | Linville | 9 | WWW |
| Ledford Cemetery | Avery County | 83 | WWW |
| Lee Cemetery | Avery County | 51 | WWW |
| Lindecamp Family Cemetery | Newland | 1 | WWW |
| Long Family Cemetery | Newland | 1 | WWW |
| Lowdermilk Cemetery | Gragg | 7 | WWW |
| Lowe Cemetery | Banner Elk | 7 | WWW |
| Lower Cemetery | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Lowman Family Cemetery | Linville | 2 | WWW |
| Maltba Family Cemetery | Altamont | 2 | WWW |
| Marion Buchanan Cemetery | Frank | 22 | WWW |
| Mayberry-Pritchard Cemetery | Cranberry | 13 | WWW |
| McCourys Rock Cemetery | Avery County | 73 | WWW |
| McGuire Cemetery | Elk Park | 135 | WWW |
| McKinney Cemetery | Elk Park | 178 | WWW |
| Minneapolis Methodist Church Cemetery | Minneapolis | 418 | WWW |
| Mitchell Cemetery | Whaley | 18 | WWW |
| Mollie Guinn Cemetery | Elk Park | 151 | WWW |
| Montezuma Cemetery | Montezuma | 496 | WWW |
| Mottern Cemetery | Beech Mountain | 1 | WWW |
| Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery | Banner Elk | 277 | WWW |
| Mount Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery | Mount Gilead | 124 | WWW |
| Mount Zion United Methodist Cemetery | Ingalls | 309 | WWW |
| Nanny Barbs Garden | Newland | 1 | WWW |
| New Hope Independent Baptist Church Cemetery | Ingalls | 3 | WWW |
| Newland Cemetery | Newland | 665 | WWW |
| Nick Pyatte Cemetery | Pyatte | 55 | WWW |
| Noah Webb | Hughes | 3 | WWW |
| Norris Cemetery | Beech Mountain | 26 | WWW |
| Oakes Cemetery on Elk River | Avery County | 23 | WWW |
| Oaks Cemetery | Elk Park | 10 | WWW |
| Old Beech Mountain Cemetery | Flat Springs | 13 | WWW |
| Old Elk Valley Baptist Church Cemetery | Elk Valely | 95 | WWW |
| Oscar Ketron Birchfield Jr | Elk Park | 2 | WWW |
| Palmer Cemetery | Avery County | 35 | WWW |
| Penland Family Cemetery | Newland | 11 | WWW |
| Peter Hardin Cemetery | Elk Park | 16 | WWW |
| Phillips Cemetery | Ingalls | 12 | WWW |
| Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery | Elk Park | 172 | WWW |
| Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery | Avery County | 308 | WWW |
| Pineola Presbyterian Church Cemetery | Pineola | 435 | WWW |
| Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery | Altamont | 660 | WWW |
| Pittman Cemetery | Spear | 271 | WWW |
| Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery | Frank | 3 | WWW |
| Plumtree AME Zion Cemetery | Avery County | 64 | WWW |
| Potts Cemetery | Banner Elk | 7 | WWW |
| Pritchard Cemetery | Avery County | 29 | WWW |
| Proffitt Cemetery | Elk Park | 2 | WWW |
| Puckett Cemetery | Newland | 25 | WWW |
| Puckett Family Cemetery | Banner Elk | 1 | WWW |
| Richard Sluder Family Cemetery | Newland | 2 | WWW |
| Richardson Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 30 | WWW |
| Rilda Gwyn Laws Cemetery | Cranberry | 7 | WWW |
| Roan Creek Baptist Church Cemetery | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Roaring Creek Lower Cemetery | Avery County | 118 | WWW |
| Robert Pittman Cemetery | Spear | 4 | WWW |
| Roy Guy Family Cemetery | Whaley | 2 | WWW |
| Samuel Carpenter Cemetery | Three Mile | 3 | WWW |
| Shade Family Cemetery – Plumtree | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Slippery Hill Cemetery | Avery County | 397 | WWW |
| Smith Cemetery | Banner Elk | 3 | WWW |
| Smith Cemetery | Banner Elk | 3 | WWW |
| Smith Community Cemetery | Banner Elk | 74 | WWW |
| Smith Family Cemetery | Banner Elk | 32 | WWW |
| Smith-Teaster Family Cemetery | Banner Elk | 6 | WWW |
| Spear Top Cemetery | Newland | 3 | WWW |
| Stamey Family Cemetery | Avery County | 127 | WWW |
| Stines Family Cemetery | Whaley | 12 | WWW |
| Summerow Cemetery | Newland | 15 | WWW |
| Tanglewood Cemetery | Linville | 424 | WWW |
| Tate Family Cemetery | Avery County | 119 | WWW |
| Taylor Cemetery | Avery County | 110 | WWW |
| Taylor Family Cemetery | Newland | 6 | WWW |
| Taylors Chapel Cemetery | Elk Park | 443 | WWW |
| Temple Baptist Church Cemetery | Three Mile | 17 | WWW |
| Thomas Family Cemetery | Minneapolis | 13 | WWW |
| Thompson Cemetery | Spear | 23 | WWW |
| Thompson Family Cemetery | Beech Mountain | 7 | WWW |
| Three Mile Cemetery | Ingalls | 2 | WWW |
| Three Mile Creek Cemetery | Three Mile | 4 | WWW |
| Townsend Cemetery | Norwood Hollow | 74 | WWW |
| Trivett Cemetery North Hill Gap | Elk Park | 70 | WWW |
| Tyre Webb | Grandfather | 2 | WWW |
| Valley Haven Baptist Church Cemetery | Banner Elk | 55 | WWW |
| Vance Family Cemetery | Newland | 2 | WWW |
| Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery | Newland | 50 | WWW |
| Ward Cemetery | Avery County | 32 | WWW |
| Ward Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 3 | WWW |
| Waycaster Family Cemetery | Newland | 2 | WWW |
| Webb Cemetery | Avery County | 35 | WWW |
| Whitaker Branch Cemetery | Beech Bottom | 72 | WWW |
| White Pine Cemetery | Newland | 128 | WWW |
| Whitehead Family Cemetery | Banner Elk | 19 | WWW |
| Whites Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery | Newland | 73 | WWW |
| William Braswell Burial Site | Three Mile | 1 | WWW |
| William H. Carpenter Cemetery | Newland | 6 | WWW |
| William H. Carpenter Cemetery | Newland | 6 | WWW |
| Windshaken Cemetery | Avery County | 1 | WWW |
| Winters Cemetery | Elk Park | 37 | WWW |
| Winters Family Cemetery | Elk Park | 6 | WWW |
| Winters Stateline Cemetery | Elk Park | 29 | WWW |
| Wise Cemetery | Altamont | 11 | WWW |
| Wise Cemetery | Newland | 18 | WWW |
| Wise-Wiseman-Carpenter Family Cemetery | Three Mile | 3 | WWW |
| Wiseman Cemetery | Avery County | 6 | WWW |
| Wiseman-Pyatte Cemetery | Ingalls | 13 | WWW |
| Woodie Family Cemetery | Newland | 6 | WWW |
| Wright Family Cemetery | Newland | 6 | WWW |
| Yellow Mountain Cemetery | Plumtree | 729 | WWW |