About Cherry Grove Cemetery
Cherry Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois. It lies about 1.1 mi south of Abingdon. The grounds sit at about 725 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Clara Latimer Bacon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719606. The nearest other listed cemetery is Abingdon Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center in Knoxville, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 87 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abingdon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cherry Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist.
- Clara Latimer Bacon1866-1948American mathematician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cherry Grove Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.81919, -90.40936
What Cherry Grove 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.
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- Brush Creek CemeteryKnoxville, ILCemetery5.3 mi
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- Hermon Methodist CemeteryAbingdon, ILMethodist cemetery6.3 mi
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Funeral homes near Cherry Grove Cemetery
- Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes Crematory And Fellowship Center8.9 miCremation provider · Knoxville · (309) 289-4121
- Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. Funeral Directors and Cremation Services9.9 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 343-2101
- Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory11 miCremation provider · Galesburg · (309) 342-1913
- Moore Memorial Homes11 miFuneral home · Avon · (309) 975-1033
- Turnbull Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Monmouth · (309) 734-2131
- McGuire & Davies Funeral Home and Crematory15 miCremation provider · Monmouth · (309) 734-6008
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