This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed)
cemeteries
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columbaria
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mausolea
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which are historical and/or notable. It does not include
pet cemeteries.
Adams County
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Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery,
Golden
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Quincy National Cemetery, Quincy; NRHP-listed
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Woodland Cemetery
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Quincy
Bureau County
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Oakland Cemetery,
Princeton
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Cook County
DuPage County

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Mount Emblem Cemetery,
Elmhurst
Effingham County
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Ramsey Cemetery, rural
Fulton County
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Oak Hill Cemetery,
Lewistown
Ogle County
Jackson County

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Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of several cemeteries, including:
Canada
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon)
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Nova Scotia)
United States
''(by state then city or town)''
* Woodlawn Cemetery (Ocala, Florida), where Isaac Rice and fa ...
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Carbondale
Jersey County
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Oak Grove Cemetery,
Jerseyville
Jo Daviess County
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Greenwood Cemetery,
Galena
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Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crysta ...
Lake County
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Lake Forest Cemetery
Lake Forest Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. The site was first identified for burial in 1857 when the town of Lake Forest was planned. Later, William Le Baron Jenney designed a winding road system and Ossia ...
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Lake Forest
LaSalle County
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Ottawa Avenue Cemetery,
Ottawa
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Summit View Cemetery,
Ottawa
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Livingston County
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Bayou Cemetery,
Cornell
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Hancock County
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Smith Family Cemetery,
Nauvoo
Henderson County
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South Henderson Church,
Gladstone
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In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...
; NRHP-listed
Macoupin County
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Union Miners Cemetery,
Mount Olive; NRHP-listed
Madison County
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Alton National Cemetery,
Alton
Alton may refer to:
People
*Alton (given name)
* Alton (surname)
Places Australia
* Alton National Park, Queensland
* Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne
Canada
* Alton, Ontario
* Alton, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
* Alton, New Zeala ...
; NRHP-listed
* Sunset Hill Cemetery,
Glen Carbon
McHenry County
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Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Dedicated in ...
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Harvard
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McLean County
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Benjaminville Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground,
Holder
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Evergreen Cemetery,
Bloomington
Peoria County
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Springdale Cemetery
Springdale Cemetery is a historic, non-sectarian, active cemetery in the United States city of Peoria, Illinois. It was chartered in 1855, received its first interment in 1857. Almost 78,000 individuals are buried at the cemetery. It contains a pu ...
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Peoria
Pulaski County

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Mound City National Cemetery,
Mound City; NRHP-listed
Rock Island County
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Chippiannock Cemetery,
Rock Island
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Riverside Cemetery,
Moline
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Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island; NRHP-listed
Sangamon County
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Camp Butler National Cemetery
Camp Butler National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located a few miles northeast of Springfield and a few miles southwest of Riverton, a small town nearby to Springfield, in Sangamon County, Illinois. It was named for the Il ...
, near Springfield; NRHP-listed
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Oak Ridge Cemetery
Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it ...
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Springfield
Union County
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Campground Church and Cemetery Site,
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654)
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715β773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9thβ10th c ...
; NRHP-listed
Vermilion County
Will County
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Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery,
Elwood
Winnebago County
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Greenwood Cemetery,
Rockford
See also
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List of cemeteries in the United States
The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States
Territories of the United States ...
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