Cemeteries

The City currently maintains three cemeteries, within the Newton City Limits, Eastview, Central and Southside.  The three cemeteries have a combined total of 26 acres (Eastview – 12 acres, Central – 4 acres and Southside - 10 acres) with approximately 14,000 gravesites.  

The Eastview Cemetery has no gravesites for sale.  Central has approximately 600 remaining graves, and Southside has 5,000 graves.

The cemeteries are maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department Community Appearance Division. They oversee the organization and ground care of both cemeteries and the Living Tree Memorial Program and parks and downtown beautification of downtown and parks.

Purchasing of grave lots and grave openings are conducted at Newton Parks and Recreation Department.

The Administrative address to which all correspondence and business should be addressed is:

City of Newton
Newton Parks and Recreation Department
23 South Brady Avenue
PO Box 550
Newton, NC 28658  
Cemetery Phone: (828) 695-4348
Phone: (828) 695-4317

Operating Hours are: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
City offices are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays

Annual Spring Cemetery Cleanup planned March 22-26
Eastview, Central and Southside Cemeteries

  • Spring Clean-up the week of March 22nd - March 26th, 2010.
     

  • Remove all weathered or out-of-season flower arrangements.
     

  • All new flowers must be displayed in permanent vases attached to markers.
     

  • Any toy, trinket, vase, jar, tin can or anything, which is determined unsightly or undesirable by the City, shall be removed.

Contact the Newton Parks and Recreation Department at
(828) 695-4348, Cemetery Division or (828) 695-4317 Recreation Main Office

Plot Cost

Central Cemetery

Resident - $500
Non-resident - $1,000

Southside Cemetery

Resident - $1,200
Resident - Double Burial - $1,800
Non-Resident - $2,400
Non-resident - Double Burial - $3,600

The City of Newton along with the Community Appearance Office, a division of the Newton Parks and Recreation Department, are proud to announce the opening of the new Southside Cemetery on May 16, 2005. The Cemetery is located on Hwy. 321 Business South.

Persons desiring to purchase a lot in the cemetery shall do so at the Cemetery Office located in the Newton Recreation Center at 23 South Brady Avenue. Lots will be available in section eight. This section will allow upright monuments or flat markers.

Central Cemetery

Central is located on South Ervin and Stadium Avenues with an entrance on 'B' Street.
 

 

 

 

 

Eastview Cemetery

Eastview is located on South Brady Avenue, Hwy. 10 and East 'A' Street.

 

 

 

 

 

Southside Cemetery

Southside is located on Hwy. 321 Business South.